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[S. 3312 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3312

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To establish a crisis stabilization and community reentry grant 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 ``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. 3051. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.
    ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General may make grants under this 
part to States, Indian Tribes, units of local government, and 
community-based nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing 
clinical services for people with serious mental illness and substance 
use disorders 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, community-based organizations 
    that focus on reentry, and community-based behavioral health 
    providers that improve clinical stabilization during pre-trial 
    detention and incarceration and continuity of care leading to 
    recovery in the community by providing services and supports that 
    may include peer support services, enrollment in healthcare, 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 individuals 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.
    ``(d) Behavioral Health Provider Defined.--In this section, the 
term `behavioral health provider' means--
        ``(1) a community mental health center that meets the criteria 
    under section 1913(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
    300x-2(c)); or
        ``(2) a certified community behavioral health clinic described 
    in section 223(d) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 
    (42 U.S.C. 1396a note).
``SEC. 3052. APPLICATIONS.
    ``(a) In General.--To request a grant under this part, the chief 
executive of a State, Indian Tribe, unit of local government, or 
community-based non-profit organization 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, Tribal, or 
    local 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, Indian Tribe, 
    unit of local government, or community-based nonprofit organization 
    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 and 
    adopt policies that focus on programming, strategies, and 
    educational components for reducing recidivism and probation 
    violations.
        ``(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, pre-trial 
    release programs, 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. 3053. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.
    ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make a grant under 
section 3051 to carry out the projects described in the application 
submitted under section 3052 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 3052 
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. 3054. EVALUATION.
    ``Each State, Indian Tribe, unit of local government, or community-
based nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this part 
shall submit to the Attorney General an evaluation not later than 1 
year after receipt of the grant 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. 3055 AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.
    ``Subject to the availability of appropriations, 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 these purposes for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.