Emergency Services: 9-1-1 and 9-8-8 Integration
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is currently reviewing this bill. It has not moved since September 3, 2026. The committee must decide whether to hold a vote before the bill can proceed further.
While the topic is popular, this bill was introduced late in the session and has not yet moved past the initial committee stage.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
By directing the panel to consider connecting 911 callers to crisis care instead of police, the bill aims to reduce situations where a mental health crisis turns into an arrest or criminal charge. If dispatchers eventually follow new protocols that route more calls to crisis clinicians, fewer people in crisis may end up with a criminal record from an encounter that was really a health emergency.
“connecting 9-1-1 callers to crisis care services instead of responding with law enforcement officers”
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
9–8–8 and 9–1–1 Integration Act
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