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

HB 348 establishes the MissHEALTH Pilot Program, providing financial grants to Mississippi law enforcement agencies for transporting individuals experiencing mental health or behavioral crises to hospitals or treatment facilities. The program requires participating agencies to contribute a 25% funding match, mandates coordination with mental health professionals to confirm hospital availability, and requires law enforcement to stay at facilities for up to two hours to ensure evaluation. It also authorizes telehealth assessments where available and specifies protocols for transporting individuals without arrests when crisis teams determine mental health needs. The program is jointly administered by the Departments of Finance, Mental Health, and Medicaid, with grants subject to annual appropriations.