Arkansas Matters
By: Jessi Turnure
Posted: Mar 21, 2017
We're one of two states without an in-state call center. A bill to change that passed in the House Tuesday afternoon.
The legislation calls on the Health Department to run a 24-hour call center that answers Arkansans' calls to the national hotline.
The Veteran's Coalition and Veteran's Mental Health Council brought the bill to Representative Bob Johnson, (D)-Jacksonville.
He says he's worked out the funding issues opponents have had concerns about.
The call center would cost nearly 700,000 dollars a year to run and evaluate.
Rep. Johnson says the Health Department has money to start program, and once it's up and running, it'll qualify for federal dollars.
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