Behavioral Health Crisis Response Improvements Act

Behavioral Health Crisis Response Improvements Act

This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies for behavioral health crisis response training.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2879 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2879

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
     promote behavioral health crisis response training among law 
                         enforcement officers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2018

Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
     promote behavioral health crisis response training among law 
                         enforcement officers.

    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 ``Behavioral Health Crisis Response 
Improvements Act''.

SEC. 2. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING AMONG LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

    ``PART NN--BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING AMONG LAW 
                         ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

``SEC. 3041. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING AMONG LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `Director' means the Director of the Office 
        of Community Oriented Policing Services;
            ``(2) the term `eligible entity' means a State, local, 
        tribal, or territorial law enforcement agency; and
            ``(3) the term `training provider' means a person with 
        which, using funds from a grant awarded under this section, an 
        eligible entity contracts for behavioral health crisis response 
        training for law enforcement officers.
    ``(b) Grants.--
            ``(1) Authority to make grants.--The Director may make 
        grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to assist 
        those eligible entities in acquiring behavioral health crisis 
        response training for law enforcement officers.
            ``(2) Applications.--An eligible entity desiring a grant 
        under this section shall submit to the Director an application 
        at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by 
        such information, as the Director may reasonably require.
            ``(3) Qualification standards.--The Director shall 
        establish and publish qualification standards for training 
        providers.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(a) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10261(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(28) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
        part NN $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
        2021.''.
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