3.0.0 4791 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z Senate S 2020-10-01 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T20:51:11Z Community-Based Response Act 116 8474 HR 2020-10-01 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-10-01 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-10-25 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-10-26 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-11-10 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-11-12 False Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Aging Child safety and welfare Community life and organization Congressional oversight Crime prevention Crime victims Disability and paralysis Domestic violence and child abuse Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency communications systems First responders and emergency personnel Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Homelessness and emergency shelter Human trafficking Immigrant health and welfare Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Mental health Performance measurement Racial and ethnic relations Sex offenses Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Social Welfare 00 2020-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-22T23:40:23Z Community-Based Response Act

This bill establishes a program to assist communities with implementing alternative emergency response models in vulnerable populations to resolve crisis situations that may not require a law enforcement response or situations where a law enforcement response may increase the risk of harm.

Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in consultation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, must award grants to eligible partnerships to establish or expand these models. The partnerships must consist of a unit of local or tribal government that is independent of law enforcement agencies and a nonprofit, community-based organization or consortium of such organizations. The partnerships may also include other entities, such as nonprofit or public institutions of higher education and behavioral health organizations.

A partnership may use grant funds for a variety of purposes, such as triaging 9–1–1 calls to refer certain emergencies to entities other than law enforcement. In awarding these grants, HHS must prioritize partnerships that include community-based organizations that have a record of effectively serving, and are led by members of, vulnerable populations.

]]> Community-Based Response Act Display Title Community-Based Response Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Community-Based Response Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a Community-Based Emergency and Non-Emergency Response Grant Program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4791is/xml/BILLS-116s4791is.xml 2020-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.