[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3846 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]
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In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
November 29, 2022.
Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 3846) entitled ``An Act
to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and
for other purposes.'', do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Justice and Mental Health
Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION
PROGRAM.
Section 2991(b)(5) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(b)(5)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (I)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``teams and
treatment accountability services for communities'' and
inserting ``teams, treatment accountability services
for communities, and training for State and local
prosecutors relating to diversion programming and
implementation'';
(B) in clause (v)--
(i) in subclause (III), by striking ``and''
at the end;
(ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(V) coordinate, implement, and
administer models to address mental
health calls that include specially
trained officers and mental health
crisis workers responding to those
calls together.''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) Suicide prevention services.--Funds
may be used to develop, promote, and implement
comprehensive suicide prevention programs and
services for incarcerated individuals that
include ongoing risk assessment.
``(vii) Case management services.--Funds
may be used for case management services for
preliminary qualified offenders and individuals
who are released from any penal or correctional
institution to--
``(I) reduce recidivism; and
``(II) assist those individuals
with reentry into the community.
``(viii) Enhancing community capacity and
links to mental health care.--Funds may be used
to support, administer, or develop treatment
capacity and increase access to mental health
care and substance use disorder services for
preliminary qualified offenders and individuals
who are released from any penal or correctional
institution.
``(ix) Implementing 988.--Funds may be used
to support the efforts of State and local
governments to implement and expand the
integration of the 988 universal telephone
number designated for the purpose of the
national suicide prevention and mental health
crisis hotline system under section 251(e)(4)
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
251(e)(4)), including by hiring staff to
support the implementation and expansion.'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(K) Teams addressing mental health calls.--With
respect to a multidisciplinary team described in
subparagraph (I)(v) that receives funds from a grant
under this section, the multidisciplinary team--
``(i) shall, to the extent practicable,
provide response capability 24 hours each day
and 7 days each week to respond to crisis or
mental health calls; and
``(ii) may place a part of the team in a
911 call center to facilitate the timely
response to mental health crises.''.
SEC. 3. EXAMINATION AND REPORT ON PREVALENCE OF MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS.
Section 5(d) of the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime
Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
416; 122 Stat. 4355) is amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting
``each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027''.
Attest:
Clerk.
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3846
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AMENDMENT