[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 194 (Monday, November 16, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6713-S6714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CRISIS STABILIZATION AND COMMUNITY REENTRY ACT OF 2020

  Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 3312 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3312) to establish a crisis stabilization and 
     community reentry grant program, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Cornyn 
substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the 
bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that 
the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2684) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, 
as follows

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

     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, for use by State and local 
     correctional facilities, 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 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.
       ``(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. STATE APPLICATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--To request a grant under this part, the 
     chief executive of a State, or such agency as the chief 
     executive may designate, 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

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     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 STATE 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 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.

       ``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.''.

  The bill (S. 3312), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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