Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants for state and local correctional facilities to provide clinical services for people with serious mental illness who need post-release mental health services.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5909 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5909
To strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2020
Mr. Trone (for himself, Mr. Rutherford, Ms. Dean, Mr. Reschenthaler,
Ms. Scanlon, and Mr. Armstrong) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, 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 ``Crisis Stabilization and Community
Reentry Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS STABILIZATION.
(a) Planning and Implementation Grants.--Title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after part NN the following:
``PART OO--CRISIS STABILIZATION AND COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM.
``SEC. 3101. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.
``(a) In General.--The Attorney General may make grants under this
part to States, for use by State and local correctional facilities, for
the purpose of providing clinical services for people with serious
mental illness that establish treatment, suicide prevention, and
continuity of recovery in the community upon release from the
correctional facility.
``(b) Use of Funds.--A grant awarded under this part shall be used
to support--
``(1) programs involving criminal and juvenile justice
agencies, mental health agencies, and community-based
behavioral health providers that improve clinical stabilization
during incarceration and continuity of care leading to recovery
in the community by providing services and supports that may
include peer support services, enrollment in health care, and
introduction to long-acting injectable medications or, as
clinically indicated, other medications, by--
``(A) providing training and education for criminal
and juvenile justice agencies, mental health agencies,
and community-based behavioral health providers on
interventions that support--
``(i) engagement in recovery supports and
services;
``(ii) access to medication while in an
incarcerated setting; and
``(iii) continuity of care during reentry
into the community;
``(B) ensuring that offenders with serious mental
illness are provided appropriate access to evidence-
based recovery supports that may include peer support
services, medication (including long-acting injectable
medications where clinically appropriate), and psycho-
social therapies;
``(C) offering technical assistance to criminal
justice agencies on how to modify their administrative
and clinical processes to accommodate evidence-based
interventions, such as long-acting injectable
medications and other recovery supports; and
``(D) participating in data collection activities
specified by the Attorney General, in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
``(2) programs that support cooperative efforts between
criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health agencies,
and community-based behavioral health providers to establish or
enhance serious mental illness recovery support by--
``(A) strengthening or establishing crisis response
services delivered by hotlines, mobile crisis teams,
crisis stabilization and triage centers, peer support
specialists, public safety officers, community-based
behavioral health providers, and other stakeholders,
including by providing technical support for
interventions that promote long-term recovery;
``(B) engaging criminal and juvenile justice
agencies, mental health agencies and community-based
behavioral health providers, preliminary qualified
offenders, and family and community members in program
design, program implementation, and training on crisis
response services, including connection to recovery
services and supports;
``(C) examining health care reimbursement issues
that may pose a barrier to ensuring the long-term
financial sustainability of crisis response services
and interventions that promote long-term engagement
with recovery services and supports; and
``(D) participating in data collection activities
specified by the Attorney General, in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and
``(3) programs that provide training and additional
resources to criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental
health agencies, and community-based behavioral health
providers on serious mental illness, suicide prevention
strategies, recovery engagement strategies, and the special
health and social needs of justice-involved individuals who are
living with serious mental illness.
``(c) Consultation.--The Attorney General shall consult with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that serious mental
illness treatment and recovery support services provided under this
grant program incorporate evidence-based approaches that facilitate
long-term engagement in recovery services and supports.
``SEC. 3102. STATE APPLICATIONS.
``(a) In General.--To request a grant under this part, the chief
executive of a State shall submit an application to the Attorney
General--
``(1) in such form and containing such information as the
Attorney General may reasonably require;
``(2) that includes assurances that Federal funds received
under this part shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-
Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities
funded under this part; and
``(3) that describes the coordination between State
criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health agencies
and community-based behavioral health providers, preliminary
qualified offenders, and family and community members in--
``(A) program design;
``(B) program implementation; and
``(C) training on crisis response, medication
adherence, and continuity of recovery in the community.
``(b) Eligibility for Preference With Community Care Component.--
``(1) In general.--In awarding grants under this part, the
Attorney General shall give preference to a State that ensures
that individuals who participate in a program, funded by a
grant under this part will be provided with continuity of care,
in accordance with paragraph (2), in a community care provider
program upon release from a correctional facility.
``(2) Requirements.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
continuity of care shall involve the coordination of the
correctional facility treatment program with qualified
community behavioral health providers and other recovery
supports, parole supervision programs, half-way house programs,
and participation in peer recovery group programs, which may
aid in ongoing recovery after the individual is released from
the correctional facility.
``(3) Community care provider program defined.--For
purposes of this subsection, the term `community care provider
program' means a community mental health center or certified
community behavioral health clinic that directly provides to an
individual, or assists in connecting an individual to the
provision of, appropriate community-based treatment, medication
management, and other recovery supports, when the individual
leaves a correctional facility at the end of a sentence or on
parole.
``(c) Coordination of Federal Assistance.--Each application
submitted for a grant under this part shall include a description of
how the funds made available under this part will be coordinated with
Federal assistance for behavioral health services currently provided by
the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration.
``SEC. 3103. REVIEW OF STATE APPLICATIONS.
``(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make a grant under
section 3101 to carry out the projects described in the application
submitted under section 3102 upon determining that--
``(1) the application is consistent with the requirements
of this part; and
``(2) before the approval of the application, the Attorney
General has made an affirmative finding in writing that the
proposed project has been reviewed in accordance with this
part.
``(b) Approval.--Each application submitted under section 3102
shall be considered approved, in whole or in part, by the Attorney
General not later than 90 days after first received, unless the
Attorney General informs the applicant of specific reasons for
disapproval.
``(c) Restriction.--Grant funds received under this part shall not
be used for land acquisition or construction projects.
``(d) Disapproval Notice and Reconsideration.--The Attorney General
may not disapprove any application without first affording the
applicant reasonable notice and an opportunity for reconsideration.
``SEC. 3104. EVALUATION.
``Each State that receives a grant under this part shall submit to
the Attorney General an evaluation not later than March 1 of each year
in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General,
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may
reasonably require.
``SEC. 3105. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.
``For purposes of carrying out this part, the Attorney General is
authorized to award not more than $10,000,000 of funds appropriated to
the Department of Justice for State and local law enforcement
activities for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.''.
(b) National Criminal Justice and Mental Health Training and
Technical Assistance.--Section 2992(c)(3) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10652(c)(3)) is
amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ``,
which may include interventions designed to enhance access to
medication.''.
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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, and Homeland Security.
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