[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2022

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 369, S. 3846.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3846) to reauthorize the Justice and Mental 
     Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which was reported from the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 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 bill (S. 3846) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3846

       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 ``Justice and Mental Health 
     Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH 
                   COLLABORATION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--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.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2991(o)(1)(C) 
     of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
     of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(o)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
     ``2017 through 2021'' and inserting ``2022 through 2026''.

     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 2022 through 
     2026''.

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