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• New St. Louis program to divert mental health calls away from 911

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  An accompanying co-responder program will partner behavioral health professionals with officers

• Ohio bill to establish fund to pay for mental health treatment and lost wages from PTSD

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  House Bill 308 also prohibits employers from penalizing first responders who file a claim with the fund

• Chicago revises mental health response plan to include responder teams without police

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  The city will go forward with both a pilot program that excludes police and a separate co-responder plan that includes police officers, paramedics and mental health professionals

• Biden talks COVID-19, layoffs, mental health in roundtable with FF-medic, healthcare workers

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  The president-elect stated he would ensure first responders have enough PPE and sick leave, and work to prevent layoffs

• Chicago plans to send medics on mental health calls; leaders divided on police involvement

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  The current proposed plan would create a dedicated line that would dispatch paramedics, clinicians and police officers to mental health crisis calls

• FDNY EMS union head: City must prioritize provider safety in new mental health call plan

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  FDNY EMS Local 2507 President Oren Barzilay released a statement on the city's plan to send EMS providers and mental health professionals to some calls instead of police

• NYC to send EMS, mental health personnel to some mental health calls instead of police

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  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the pilot program on Tuesday, calling the new approach "a big change in how things are done"

• FDNY EMT's mother speaks out after his suicide during pandemic

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  Eileen Mondello said her son, EMT John Mondello Jr., struggled with patients' deaths, said he had been bullied by senior members and believed he had contracted COVID-19 shortly before his suicide in April

• Lawsuit: Rejection of treatment center for first responders discriminates against disabled people

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  The Hale Foundation has filed a lawsuit after the Valor Station's zoning application was rejected following widespread opposition from residents

• Man who dangled from Chicago's Trump Tower jumped out of ambulance, police say

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  The man dangled from a rope outside the tower for more than 13 hours

• Stanford students on psychiatric hold will now be transported by EMS, not campus police

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  Stanford University announced that most students on a 5150 protective hold will be transported by the Palo Alto Fire Department instead of the university's Department of Public Safety

• NJ county launches registry to inform first responders when someone has special needs

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  The Atlantic County Special Needs Registry seeks to ensure first responders can prepare to care appropriately for a person with special needs

• House passes legislation to support fire and EMS mental wellness

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  The HERO Act will develop peer mental health training programs and create a system to collect information about first responder suicides

• Dallas to expand crisis program partnering medics, social workers, police

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  Some activists expressed concerns about the inclusion of police in mental health crisis teams

• Off-duty Ga. paramedic talks suicidal man off bridge

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  Chatham County Paramedic Mindy Cauley received a commendation for stopping to help the man while driving home from work

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