Allows follow up communication from operators of telephone number for mental health and suicide crisis resources or 9-8-8 crisis hotline to minors at risk of committing suicide.

S 193 (now law as P.L.2025, c.238) allows trained operators from New Jersey's 9-8-8 crisis hotline to make follow-up calls, texts, or chats with minors aged 16 or older who are identified as high-risk for suicide after an initial contact. It permits this communication with the minor's voluntary consent, without requiring parental authorization. The bill specifically clarifies that such follow-up is brief, supportive, and solely for suicide prevention - distinct from formal mental health treatment. This change directly affects minors at acute suicide risk who have already reached out to the crisis hotline.