Mississippi Helping Ensure Alternative Law Enforcement Transportation for Healing (MissHEALTH) Pilot Program; establish for mental health crisis.

HB 573 establishes the MissHEALTH Pilot Program to provide financial grants to Mississippi law enforcement agencies for transporting individuals in mental health or behavioral crises to hospitals or treatment facilities instead of using police custody. The program requires participating agencies to contribute a 25% funding match and mandates coordination with medical professionals to confirm hospital availability before transport, while also requiring telehealth evaluations when possible. It directs the Department of Mental Health, Finance and Administration, and Medicaid to jointly administer the pilot, which would have supported up to three agencies annually for one year. The bill died in committee on February 4, 2025, and does not include funding authorization.