Introduce and work to pass legislation to strengthen and enhance suicide prevention efforts through the 9-8-8 Lifeline by expanding follow-up services, including check-in calls, outreach, family and caregiver collaboration, and referral navigation.

The 9-8-8 Connect Act would provide follow-up services to individuals receiving suicide prevention and crisis intervention services. The bill would expand necessary follow-up services among crisis centers through check-in calls, outreach to ensure engagement, collaboration with family and caregivers, and referral navigation.

Padilla is backing legislation to expand 9-8-8 suicide prevention follow-up services.

Padilla, Tillis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen and Enhance Suicide Prevention Efforts Through 9-8-8 Lifeline
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Padilla and Tillis introduced the Local 9-8-8 Response Act of 2023 to improve 988 access. The bill would route calls and texts to the geographically nearest call center instead of using area code routing, require carriers to allow 988 connections even during service interruptions, and require multi-line systems to support direct 988 dialing.

Direct legislative introduction showing Padilla actively pursued a 988-related access improvement, but the proposal focused on georouting and connectivity rather than the pledge's follow-up-service expansion.

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Padilla, Tillis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Enhance and Expedite Access to the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
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Padilla announced that bipartisan legislation he led with Sen. Mullin was signed into law as part of a larger public-health package. The law strengthens cybersecurity protections for the 988 Lifeline, responds to past outages, requires faster vulnerability reporting, and directs a GAO study on risks in the 988 system.

Concrete enactment of a 988-related bill demonstrates delivery on a narrower Lifeline-strengthening front, though it does not itself establish the follow-up-service expansion named in the pledge.

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Padilla, Mullin Bill Strengthening Cybersecurity for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Signed Into Law
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The current official press-release index shows Padilla's June 11-12, 2026 activity covering immigration, election safeguards, public health grant cuts, offshore drilling standards, USDA action, and a screwworm outbreak. In the visible current lookback window, there is no Padilla 988- or suicide-prevention-specific legislative action listed.

Recent official site activity in the last-lookback window does not show a new 988 follow-up-services push, so the specific pledge remains unresolved in the current refresh window.

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Press Releases - Senator Alex Padilla
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