Requires Commissioner of Human Services to establish 24-hour, toll-free Mental Illness Resource Hotline and develop hotline connection system to ensure that callers are connected to other appropriate hotlines when needed.

This bill establishes a 24-hour, toll-free mental health hotline in New Jersey for non-emergency mental health issues. It requires the Human Services Commissioner to staff the hotline with licensed professionals (including multilingual staff) who connect callers to local resources, with special protocols for suicide risk calls (requiring a "warm hand-off" to the state suicide hotline). The hotline must operate separately from existing hotlines, and the state must run public awareness campaigns - including materials for youth - to promote its use. The bill directly affects New Jersey residents seeking non-emergency mental health support and aims to improve access to community-based services.