Behavioral health crisis hotline

This bill imposes a new tax to provide funding for the 988 crisis hotline . The tax applies to subscribers of phone lines and consumers of prepaid wireless services. From Oct. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2022, the tax rate is 24 cents per month for each cell phone line, voice over internet protocol line, or landline, and 24 cents for each retail transaction involving the sale of prepaid wireless services. Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, the tax rate increases to 40 cents.

Effective Oct. 1, 2021 ( E2SHB 1477 , Chapter 302, Laws of 2021).