NJ Senator Files Bill Taxing Consumer Data Collection, With Dedicated 988 Appropriation
New Jersey would tax commercial data collectors who gather information about state residents, with a portion of the receipts going to cover crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination service costs for people using the state's 988 Suicide Prevention and…
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Behavioral Health Crisis hotline, under a bill introduced Monday by Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D). SB-4908 would tax data collectors based on the number of New Jersey consumers whose data is collected each month, and $60 million of the tax revenue would be dedicated to 988 response services.