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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1562
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR LEWIS.
6562S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 630, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to telecommunication
charges for crisis services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 630, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 630.230, to read as 2
follows:3
630.230. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "988", the three-digit number that offers 3
statewide access to crisis services via call, text, or chat 4
twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week; 5
(2) "CMRS provider", an entity authorized by the 6
Federal Communications Commission to provide commercial 7
mobile radio service within the state; 8
(3) "Commercial mobile radio service" or "CMRS", a 9
mobile telecommunications service as defined in the federal 10
Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 11
124, as amended; 12
(4) "Crisis services", core behavioral health crisis 13
services including, but not limited to, 988 call, text, or 14
chat; mobile crisis response services; and behavioral health 15
crisis center operations and services; 16
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(5) "Dealer", a person who sells prepaid CMRS to an 17
end user; 18
(6) "End user", a person who purchases prepaid CMRS in 19
a retail transaction; 20
(7) "Open access services", services available for 21
uninsured or underinsured individuals in need of behavioral 22
health services; 23
(8) "Place of primary use", the same meaning given to 24
the term in the federal Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing 25
Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 124, as amended; 26
(9) "Postpaid CMRS", a commercial mobile radio service 27
that is not prepaid CMRS; 28
(10) "Prepaid CMRS", a commercial mobile radio service 29
that allows a caller to dial 988 to access the 988 system 30
when commercial mobile radio service is required to be paid 31
for in advance and is sold in predetermined units or dollars 32
of which the number declines with use in a known amount; 33
(11) "Prepaid wireless charge", the charge that is 34
required to be collected by a dealer from an end user in the 35
amount established under subsection 2 of this section; 36
(12) "Retail transaction", the purchase of prepaid 37
CMRS from a dealer for any purpose other than resale. If 38
more than one item or article of prepaid CMRS is purchased 39
by an end user, each item or article purchased shall be 40
deemed to be a separate retail transaction. 41
2. (1) Each dealer shall collect a prepaid CMRS 42
wireless 988 charge of sixty-five cents from the end user 43
for prepaid wireless telecommunication devices or services 44
with respect to each retail transaction occurring in the 45
state. 46
(2) Each CMRS provider and each reseller of CMRS shall 47
collect a monthly postpaid wireless 988 charge of sixty-five 48
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cents per access line from each of its customers whose place 49
of primary use is within the state. The charge shall be 50
billed with respect to customers of postpaid CMRS by each 51
CMRS provider and reseller of CMRS on each CMRS device 52
capable of two-way interactive voice communication. 53
(3) The amount of the prepaid wireless charge that is 54
collected by a dealer from an end user, if such amount is 55
separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar 56
document provided to the consumer by the seller, shall not 57
be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, 58
surcharge, or other charge that is imposed by this state, 59
any political subdivision of this state, or any 60
intergovernmental agency. 61
3. (1) All revenues from taxes and fees imposed under 62
this section shall be utilized by the department of mental 63
health for the operation of crisis services and open access 64
services. 65
(2) All taxes and fees collected under this section 66
shall be remitted to the director of the department of 67
revenue. The director of the department of revenue shall 68
deposit such payments into the 988 crisis continuum fund 69
established in this section. 70
(3) All service charges imposed under this section 71
together with all taxes imposed under the sales tax law of 72
the state of Missouri shall be reported upon such forms and 73
under such administrative rules and regulations as may be 74
prescribed by the director of the department of revenue. 75
4. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 76
the "988 Crisis Continuum Fund", which shall consist of 77
taxes and fees collected under this section as well as any 78
moneys appropriated to it by the general assembly and any 79
gifts, grants, donations, or bequests received from federal, 80
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private, or other sources. The state treasurer shall be 81
custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 82
and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements. 83
The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, 84
moneys in this fund shall be used by the department of 85
mental health for the purposes set forth in subsection 3 of 86
this section. 87
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 88
to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 89
of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 90
general revenue fund. 91
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 92
fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 93
interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 94
credited to the fund. 95
5. The director of the department of revenue shall 96
promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the 97
administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a 98
rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is 99
created under the authority delegated in this section shall 100
become effective only if it complies with and is subject to 101
all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, 102
section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are 103
nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 104
general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 105
the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 106
subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 107
rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 108
August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void. 109
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