    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-281
    116th Congress

    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--

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    ``(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.

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    ``(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

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    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.

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    ``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.''.

    Approved December 31, 2020.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3312:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
    Nov. 16, considered and passed Senate.
    Dec. 16, considered and passed House.