Keeping Communities Safe through Treatment Act of 2016
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a pilot program to provide grants to law enforcement agencies in designated high intensity drug trafficking areas for programs to divert low-level drug offenders to drug treatment programs.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4654 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4654
To direct the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to provide
grants to eligible entities for diversion programs to divert
individuals with low-level drug offenses to drug treatment programs,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 1, 2016
Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself and Mr. Hanna)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program to provide
grants to eligible entities for diversion programs to divert
individuals with low-level drug offenses to drug treatment programs,
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 ``Keeping Communities Safe through
Treatment Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish
a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities for
diversion programs to divert individuals with low-level drug
offenses to drug treatment programs.
(2) Duration of pilot program.--The pilot program shall
terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) Grants awarded under pilot program.--The Attorney
General shall award grants under the pilot program to not fewer
than 10 eligible entities.
(b) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Grant funds awarded under the
pilot program may not be used to divert an individual with a low-level
drug offense to a drug treatment program if criminal charges have been
filed and are pending against such individual.
(c) Application.--
(1) In general.--To be selected to receive a grant under
the pilot program, an eligible entity shall submit to the
Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Attorney General may
require.
(2) Other requirements.--Each application for a grant under
the pilot program shall include a description of how the
eligible entity--
(A) coordinates with drug treatment programs that
provide medication-assisted treatment;
(B) plans to coordinate with local prosecutors;
(C) plans to divert individuals with low-level drug
offenses to such programs;
(D) plans to monitor and record the progress of
such individuals in such programs;
(E) plans to assess such individuals to ensure that
they have an appropriate drug treatment plan;
(F) plans to monitor and record the drug use of
such individuals; and
(G) will provide case management for such
individuals.
(d) Reports.--
(1) Quarterly reports.--Each quarter during the duration of
the pilot program, an eligible entity that receives a grant
under the pilot program shall submit a report to the Attorney
General that includes--
(A) the number of individuals diverted to drug
treatment programs by the diversion program for which
the grant funds are used;
(B) any subsequent arrest records of such
individuals, when such records are publicly available;
(C) any subsequent criminal charges filed against
such individuals;
(D) the random drug test results for such
individuals; and
(E) the cost of such programs.
(2) Annual reports.--Not less than once each year during
the duration of the pilot program, the Attorney General shall
submit a report to Congress that includes--
(A) the number of grants awarded under the pilot
program;
(B) the number of individuals diverted to drug
treatment programs by the diversion program for which
the grant funds are used;
(C) any subsequent arrest records of such
individuals, when such records are publicly available;
(D) any subsequent criminal charges filed against
such individuals;
(E) the random drug test results for such
individuals; and
(F) the amount of funds used to provide grants
under the pilot program.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a
law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a high intensity
drug trafficking area, as designated pursuant to section 707(b)
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization
Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1706(b)).
(2) Low-level drug offense.--The term ``low-level drug
offense'' does not include a serious violent felony.
(3) Medication-assisted treatment.--The term ``medication-
assisted treatment'' means treatment of substance use disorders
through the use of a drug (or a combination of drugs) approved
or licensed under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or section 351 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262), in combination with
evidence-based behavioral therapies.
(4) Serious violent felony.--The term ``serious violent
felony'' has the meaning given such term in section 3559(c)(2)
of title 18, United States Code.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the pilot
program, to be derived from the funds made available to the Office of
Justice Programs.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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