Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed bipartisan legislation that creates the state's suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline, as well as behavioral health intervention teams.

Kansans will soon be able to dial 9-8-8 to receive support during a mental health emergency. According to a press release sent out by the governor's office, the mobile crisis teams "are created through partnerships between behavioral health professionals and others who provide professional, community-based crisis intervention services, which include de-escalation and stabilization for Kansans experiencing a behavioral health crisis."

The hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It will be within the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Centers network.