[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 194 (Monday, November 16, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S6982]
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SA 2684. Mr. CORNYN proposed an amendment to the bill S. 3312, to
establish a crisis stabilization and community reentry grant program,
and for other purposes; as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
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 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.''.
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