Leaders said a federal award of roughly $300,000 will fund purchase of an ALS truck intended to reduce long transports of behavioral‑health clients; the county also described a new grant‑funded digital referral platform called 'July' to speed crisis referrals from first responders to providers.

CMS encouraged access organizations to populate digital endpoint fields in provider enrollment listings so referring clinicians can find referral endpoints; ONC reviewed the 360x referral workflow (CCDA + HL7 v2 over Direct) and cited vendor implementations.