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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022
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S. 3846 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3846


To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 16, 2022

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Moran, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022”.

SEC. 2. Reauthorization of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program.

(a) In general.—Section 2991(b)(5) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(b)(5)) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (I)—

(A) in clause (i), by striking “teams and treatment accountability services for communities” and inserting “teams, treatment accountability services for communities, and training for State and local prosecutors relating to diversion programming and implementation”;

(B) in clause (v)—

(i) in subclause (III), by striking “and” at the end;

(ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

“(V) coordinate, implement, and administer models to address mental health calls that include specially trained officers and mental health crisis workers responding to those calls together.”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(vi) SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES.—Funds may be used to develop, promote, and implement comprehensive suicide prevention programs and services for incarcerated individuals that include ongoing risk assessment.

“(vii) CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.—Funds may be used for case management services for preliminary qualified offenders and individuals who are released from any penal or correctional institution to—

“(I) reduce recidivism; and

“(II) assist those individuals with reentry into the community.

“(viii) ENHANCING COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND LINKS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE.—Funds may be used to support, administer, or develop treatment capacity and increase access to mental health care and substance use disorder services for preliminary qualified offenders and individuals who are released from any penal or correctional institution.

“(ix) IMPLEMENTING 988.—Funds may be used to support the efforts of State and local governments to implement and expand the integration of the 988 universal telephone number designated for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system under section 251(e)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251(e)(4)), including by hiring staff to support the implementation and expansion.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(K) TEAMS ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.—With respect to a multidisciplinary team described in subparagraph (I)(v) that receives funds from a grant under this section, the multidisciplinary team—

“(i) shall, to the extent practicable, provide response capability 24 hours each day and 7 days each week to respond to crisis or mental health calls; and

“(ii) may place a part of the team in a 911 call center to facilitate the timely response to mental health crises.”.

(b) Authorization of appropriations.—Section 2991(o)(1)(C) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(o)(1)(C)) is amended by striking “2017 through 2021” and inserting “2022 through 2026”.

SEC. 3. Examination and report on prevalence of mentally ill offenders.

Section 5(d) of the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416; 122 Stat. 4355) is amended by striking “2009” and inserting “each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026”.