108TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 108–732 

MENTALLY ILL OFFENDER TREATMENT AND CRIME 

REDUCTION ACT OF 2004 

OCTOBER 5, 2004.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SENSENBRENNER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany S. 1194] 

[Including Committee Cost Estimate] 

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill 

(S. 1194) to foster local collaborations which will ensure that resources are effectively and efficiently used within the criminal and 

juvenile justice systems, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as 

amended do pass. 

CONTENTS 

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The Amendment ...................................................................................................... 2 

Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 8 

Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 8 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 8 

Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 9 

Vote of the Committee ............................................................................................. 9 

Committee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 9 

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 9 

Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 9 

Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 9 

Constitutional Authority Statement ...................................................................... 9 

Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion .......................................................... 10 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 10 

Committee Jurisdiction Letters .............................................................................. 19 

Markup Transcript .................................................................................................. 22 

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THE AMENDMENT

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds the following: 

(1) According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, over 16 percent of adults 

incarcerated in United States jails and prisons have a mental illness. 

(2) According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

approximately 20 percent of youth in the juvenile justice system have serious 

mental health problems, and a significant number have co-occurring mental 

health and substance abuse disorders. 

(3) According to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, up to 40 percent 

of adults who suffer from a serious mental illness will come into contact with 

the American criminal justice system at some point in their lives. 

(4) According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

over 150,000 juveniles who come into contact with the juvenile justice system 

each year meet the diagnostic criteria for at least 1 mental or emotional disorder. 

(5) A significant proportion of adults with a serious mental illness who are 

involved with the criminal justice system are homeless or at imminent risk of 

homelessness, and many of these individuals are arrested and jailed for minor, 

nonviolent offenses. 

(6) The majority of individuals with a mental illness or emotional disorder 

who are involved in the criminal or juvenile justice systems are responsive to 

medical and psychological interventions that integrate treatment, rehabilitation, 

and support services. 

(7) Collaborative programs between mental health, substance abuse, and 

criminal or juvenile justice systems that ensure the provision of services for 

those with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 

disorders can reduce the number of such individuals in adult and juvenile corrections facilities, while providing improved public safety. 

SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

The purpose of this Act is to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration 

among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, mental health treatment, and substance 

abuse systems. Such collaboration is needed to— 

(1) protect public safety by intervening with adult and juvenile offenders 

with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders; 

(2) provide courts, including existing and new mental health courts, with 

appropriate mental health and substance abuse treatment options; 

(3) maximize the use of alternatives to prosecution through graduated sanctions in appropriate cases involving nonviolent offenders with mental illness; 

(4) promote adequate training for criminal justice system personnel about 

mental illness and substance abuse disorders and the appropriate responses to 

people with such illnesses; 

(5) promote adequate training for mental health and substance abuse treatment personnel about criminal offenders with mental illness or co-occurring 

substance abuse disorders and the appropriate response to such offenders in the 

criminal justice system; 

(6) promote communication among adult or juvenile justice personnel, mental health and co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders treatment personnel, nonviolent offenders with mental illness or co-occurring mental 

illness and substance abuse disorders, and support services such as housing, job 

placement, community, faith-based, and crime victims organizations; and 

(7) promote communication, collaboration, and intergovernmental partnerships among municipal, county, and State elected officials with respect to mentally ill offenders. 

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MENTAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COLLABORATION PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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‘‘PART HH—ADULT AND JUVENILE COLLABORATION 

PROGRAM GRANTS 

‘‘SEC. 2991. ADULT AND JUVENILE COLLABORATION PROGRAMS. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions shall apply: 

‘‘(1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations that apply for a grant under this 

section. 

‘‘(2) COLLABORATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘collaboration program’ means a 

program to promote public safety by ensuring access to adequate mental health 

and other treatment services for mentally ill adults or juveniles that is overseen 

cooperatively by— 

‘‘(A) a criminal or juvenile justice agency or a mental health court; and 

‘‘(B) a mental health agency. 

‘‘(3) CRIMINAL OR JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCY.—The term ‘criminal or juvenile justice agency’ means an agency of a State or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for detection, arrest, enforcement, prosecution, defense, adjudication, incarceration, probation, or parole relating to the 

violation of the criminal laws of that State or local government. 

‘‘(4) DIVERSION AND ALTERNATIVE PROSECUTION AND SENTENCING.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘diversion’ and ‘alternative prosecution 

and sentencing’ mean the appropriate use of effective mental health treatment alternatives to juvenile justice or criminal justice system institutional 

placements for preliminarily qualified offenders. 

‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE USE.—In this paragraph, the term ‘appropriate use’ 

includes the discretion of the judge or supervising authority, the leveraging 

of graduated sanctions to encourage compliance with treatment, and law 

enforcement diversion, including crisis intervention teams. 

‘‘(C) GRADUATED SANCTIONS.—In this paragraph, the term ‘graduated 

sanctions’ means an accountability-based graduated series of sanctions (including incentives, treatments, and services) applicable to mentally ill offenders within both the juvenile and adult justice system to hold individuals accountable for their actions and to protect communities by providing 

appropriate sanctions for inducing law-abiding behavior and preventing 

subsequent involvement in the criminal justice system. 

‘‘(5) MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY.—The term ‘mental health agency’ means an 

agency of a State or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for mental health services or co-occurring mental health and substance 

abuse services. 

‘‘(6) MENTAL HEALTH COURT.—The term ‘mental health court’ means a judicial program that meets the requirements of part V of this title. 

‘‘(7) MENTAL ILLNESS.—The term ‘mental illness’ means a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder— 

‘‘(A) of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria within the most 

recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 

published by the American Psychiatric Association; and 

‘‘(B)(i) that, in the case of an adult, has resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits 1 or more major life activities; or 

‘‘(ii) that, in the case of a juvenile, has resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits the juvenile’s role or functioning in family, school, or community activities. 

‘‘(8) NONVIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term ‘nonviolent offense’ means an offense 

that does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of 

physical force against the person or property of another or is not a felony that 

by its nature involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person 

or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense. 

‘‘(9) PRELIMINARILY QUALIFIED OFFENDER.—The term ‘preliminarily qualified offender’ means an adult or juvenile accused of a nonviolent offense who— 

‘‘(A)(i) previously or currently has been diagnosed by a qualified mental 

health professional as having a mental illness or co-occurring mental illness 

and substance abuse disorders; or 

‘‘(ii) manifests obvious signs of mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders during arrest or confinement or before 

any court; and 

‘‘(B) has faced, is facing, or could face criminal charges for a misdemeanor or nonviolent offense and is deemed eligible by a diversion process, designated pretrial screening process, or by a magistrate or judge, on 

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the ground that the commission of the offense is the product of the person’s 

mental illness. 

‘‘(10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services. 

‘‘(11) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘unit of local government’ 

means any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State, including a State court, local court, 

or a governmental agency located within a city, county, township, town, borough, parish, or village. 

‘‘(b) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, may award nonrenewable grants to eligible applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement an adult or juvenile collaboration program, 

which targets preliminarily qualified offenders in order to promote public safety 

and public health. 

‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Grants awarded under this section shall be used to create 

or expand— 

‘‘(A) mental health courts or other court-based programs for preliminarily qualified offenders; 

‘‘(B) programs that offer specialized training to the officers and employees of a criminal or juvenile justice agency and mental health personnel 

serving those with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse problems in procedures for identifying the symptoms of preliminarily qualified 

offenders in order to respond appropriately to individuals with such illnesses; 

‘‘(C) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal and juvenile 

justice agencies and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health treatment services and, where appropriate, substance 

abuse treatment services for— 

‘‘(i) preliminarily qualified offenders with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders; or 

‘‘(ii) adult offenders with mental illness during periods of incarceration, while under the supervision of a criminal justice agency, or following release from correctional facilities; and 

‘‘(D) programs that support intergovernmental cooperation between 

State and local governments with respect to the mentally ill offender. 

‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To receive a planning grant or an implementation 

grant, the joint applicants shall prepare and submit a single application to 

the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such 

information as the Attorney General and the Secretary shall reasonably require. An application under part V of this title may be made in conjunction 

with an application under this section. 

‘‘(B) COMBINED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICATION.— 

The Attorney General and the Secretary shall develop a procedure under 

which applicants may apply at the same time and in a single application 

for a planning grant and an implementation grant, with receipt of the implementation grant conditioned on successful completion of the activities 

funded by the planning grant. 

‘‘(4) PLANNING GRANTS.— 

‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—The joint applicants may apply to the Attorney 

General for a nonrenewable planning grant to develop a collaboration program. 

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Attorney General and the Secretary may not approve a planning grant unless the application for the grant includes or provides, at a minimum, for a budget and a budget justification, a description 

of the outcome measures that will be used to measure the effectiveness of 

the program in promoting public safety and public health, the activities proposed (including the provision of substance abuse treatment services, where 

appropriate) and a schedule for completion of such activities, and the personnel necessary to complete such activities. 

‘‘(C) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A planning grant shall be effective for a period 

of 1 year, beginning on the first day of the month in which the planning 

grant is made. Applicants may not receive more than 1 such planning 

grant. 

‘‘(D) AMOUNT.—The amount of a planning grant may not exceed 

$75,000, except that the Attorney General may, for good cause, approve a 

grant in a higher amount. 

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‘‘(E) COLLABORATION SET ASIDE.—Up to 5 percent of all planning funds 

shall be used to foster collaboration between State and local governments 

in furtherance of the purposes set forth in the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004. 

‘‘(5) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—Joint applicants that have prepared a planning 

grant application may apply to the Attorney General for approval of a nonrenewable implementation grant to develop a collaboration program. 

‘‘(B) COLLABORATION.—To receive an implementation grant, the joint 

applicants shall— 

‘‘(i) document that at least 1 criminal or juvenile justice agency 

(which can include a mental health court) and 1 mental health agency 

will participate in the administration of the collaboration program; 

‘‘(ii) describe the responsibilities of each participating agency, including how each agency will use grant resources to provide supervision 

of offenders and jointly ensure that the provision of mental health 

treatment services and substance abuse services for individuals with 

co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders are coordinated, which may range from consultation or collaboration to integration in a single setting or treatment model; 

‘‘(iii) in the case of an application from a unit of local government, 

document that a State mental health authority has provided comment 

and review; and 

‘‘(iv) involve, to the extent practicable, in developing the grant application— 

‘‘(I) preliminarily qualified offenders; 

‘‘(II) the families and advocates of such individuals under subclause (I); and 

‘‘(III) advocates for victims of crime. 

‘‘(C) CONTENT.—To be eligible for an implementation grant, joint applicants shall comply with the following: 

‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF TARGET POPULATION.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall— 

‘‘(I) describe the population with mental illness or co-occurring 

mental illness and substance abuse disorders that is targeted for 

the collaboration program; and 

‘‘(II) develop guidelines that can be used by personnel of an 

adult or juvenile justice agency to identify preliminarily qualified 

offenders. 

‘‘(ii) SERVICES.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall— 

‘‘(I) ensure that preliminarily qualified offenders who are to receive treatment services under the collaboration program will first 

receive individualized, validated, needs-based assessments to determine, plan, and coordinate the most appropriate services for such 

individuals; 

‘‘(II) specify plans for making mental health, or mental health 

and substance abuse, treatment services available and accessible to 

preliminarily qualified offenders at the time of their release from 

the criminal justice system, including outside of normal business 

hours; 

‘‘(III) ensure that there are substance abuse personnel available to respond appropriately to the treatment needs of preliminarily qualified offenders; 

‘‘(IV) determine eligibility for Federal benefits; 

‘‘(V) ensure that preliminarily qualified offenders served by the 

collaboration program will have adequate supervision and access to 

effective and appropriate community-based mental health services, 

including, in the case of individuals with co-occurring mental 

health and substance abuse disorders, coordinated services, which 

may range from consultation or collaboration to integration in a 

single setting treatment model; 

‘‘(VI) make available, to the extent practicable, other support 

services that will ensure the preliminarily qualified offender’s successful reintegration into the community (such as housing, education, job placement, mentoring, and health care and benefits, as 

well as the services of faith-based and community organizations for 

mentally ill individuals served by the collaboration program); and 

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‘‘(VII) include strategies, to the extent practicable, to address 

developmental and learning disabilities and problems arising from 

a documented history of physical or sexual abuse. 

‘‘(D) HOUSING AND JOB PLACEMENT.—Recipients of an implementation 

grant may use grant funds to assist mentally ill offenders compliant with 

the program in seeking housing or employment assistance. 

‘‘(E) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants for an implementation 

grant shall strive to ensure prompt access to defense counsel by criminal 

defendants with mental illness who are facing charges that would trigger 

a constitutional right to counsel. 

‘‘(F) FINANCIAL.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall— 

‘‘(i) explain the applicant’s inability to fund the collaboration program adequately without Federal assistance; 

‘‘(ii) specify how the Federal support provided will be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, local, Indian tribe, or tribal organization sources of funding that would otherwise be available, including 

billing third-party resources for services already covered under programs (such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the State Children’s Insurance 

Program); and 

‘‘(iii) outline plans for obtaining necessary support and continuing 

the proposed collaboration program following the conclusion of Federal 

support. 

‘‘(G) OUTCOMES.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall— 

‘‘(i) identify methodology and outcome measures, as required by the 

Attorney General and the Secretary, to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of the collaboration program; 

‘‘(ii) ensure mechanisms are in place to capture data, consistent 

with the methodology and outcome measures under clause (i); and 

‘‘(iii) submit specific agreements from affected agencies to provide 

the data needed by the Attorney General and the Secretary to accomplish the evaluation under clause (i). 

‘‘(H) STATE PLANS.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall describe how the adult or juvenile collaboration program relates to existing 

State criminal or juvenile justice and mental health plans and programs. 

‘‘(I) USE OF FUNDS.—Applicants that receive an implementation grant 

may use funds for 1 or more of the following purposes: 

‘‘(i) MENTAL HEALTH COURTS AND DIVERSION/ALTERNATIVE PROSECUTION AND SENTENCING PROGRAMS.—Funds may be used to create or expand existing mental health courts that meet program requirements established by the Attorney General under part V of this title, other 

court-based programs, or diversion and alternative prosecution and sentencing programs (including crisis intervention teams and treatment 

accountability services for communities) that meet requirements established by the Attorney General and the Secretary. 

‘‘(ii) TRAINING.—Funds may be used to create or expand programs, 

such as crisis intervention training, which offer specialized training 

to— 

‘‘(I) criminal justice system personnel to identify and respond 

appropriately to the unique needs of preliminarily qualified offenders; or 

‘‘(II) mental health system personnel to respond appropriately 

to the treatment needs of preliminarily qualified offenders. 

‘‘(iii) SERVICE DELIVERY.—Funds may be used to create or expand 

programs that promote public safety by providing the services described 

in subparagraph (C)(ii) to preliminarily qualified offenders. 

‘‘(iv) IN-JAIL AND TRANSITIONAL SERVICES.—Funds may be used to 

promote and provide mental health treatment and transitional services 

for those incarcerated or for transitional re-entry programs for those released from any penal or correctional institution. 

‘‘(J) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS.—The Attorney General, in 

consultation with the Secretary, shall ensure that planning and implementation grants are equitably distributed among the geographical regions of 

the United States and between urban and rural populations. 

‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General, in awarding funds under this section, 

shall give priority to applications that— 

‘‘(1) demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that such funds are 

used to promote both public health and public safety; 

‘‘(2) demonstrate the active participation of each co-applicant in the administration of the collaboration program; 

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‘‘(3) document, in the case of an application for a grant to be used in whole 

or in part to fund treatment services for adults or juveniles during periods of 

incarceration or detention, that treatment programs will be available to provide 

transition and re-entry services for such individuals; and 

‘‘(4) have the support of both the Attorney General and the Secretary. 

‘‘(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a collaboration program carried out by a State, unit of local government, Indian tribe, or tribal 

organization under this section shall not exceed— 

‘‘(A) 80 percent of the total cost of the program during the first 2 years 

of the grant; 

‘‘(B) 60 percent of the total cost of the program in year 3; and 

‘‘(C) 25 percent of the total cost of the program in years 4 and 5. 

‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of payments made under 

this section may be made in cash or in-kind fairly evaluated, including planned 

equipment or services. 

‘‘(e) FEDERAL USE OF FUNDS.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the 

Secretary, in administering grants under this section, may use up to 3 percent of 

funds appropriated to— 

‘‘(1) research the use of alternatives to prosecution through pretrial diversion in appropriate cases involving individuals with mental illness; 

‘‘(2) offer specialized training to personnel of criminal and juvenile justice 

agencies in appropriate diversion techniques; 

‘‘(3) provide technical assistance to local governments, mental health courts, 

and diversion programs, including technical assistance relating to program evaluation; 

‘‘(4) help localities build public understanding and support for community 

reintegration of individuals with mental illness; 

‘‘(5) develop a uniform program evaluation process; and 

‘‘(6) conduct a national evaluation of the collaboration program that will include an assessment of its cost-effectiveness. 

‘‘(f) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and the Secretary shall establish 

an interagency task force with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Education, and Veterans Affairs and the Commissioner of Social 

Security, or their designees. 

‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The task force established under paragraph (1) 

shall— 

‘‘(A) identify policies within their departments that hinder or facilitate 

local collaborative initiatives for preliminarily qualified offenders; and 

‘‘(B) submit, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 

section, a report to Congress containing recommendations for improved 

interdepartmental collaboration regarding the provision of services to preliminarily qualified offenders. 

‘‘(g) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Unless all eligible applications submitted by any 

State or unit of local government within such State for a planning or implementation grant under this section have been funded, such State, together with grantees 

within the State (other than Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year 

under this section not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount appropriated in 

the fiscal year for planning or implementation grants pursuant to this section. 

‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice to carry out this section— 

‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and 

‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.’’. 

(b) LIST OF ‘‘BEST PRACTICES’’.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall develop a list of ‘‘best practices’’ for 

appropriate diversion from incarceration of adult and juvenile offenders. 

PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

S. 1194, the ‘‘Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004,’’ creates a grant program to encourage state and 

local governments to improve their treatment of mentally ill offenders. The grants can be used: to fund mental health courts or diversion programs; to promote cooperation between the criminal justice 

and mental health personnel; or to train criminal justice and mental health personnel on issues relating to mentally ill offenders. 

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On June 22, 2004, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 

Homeland Security held a hearing to examine the prevalence of 

mental illness in the criminal justice system and to explore ways 

to improve the situation. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (‘‘BJS’’) 

estimates that as many as 16% of inmates in the nation’s prisons 

and jails suffer from mental illness. Mentally ill inmates are more 

expensive to house, and they are generally confined for longer periods than other inmates because their illness complicates their release. 

The Committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute that ensures an appropriate role for victims and law enforcement personnel in dealing with mentally ill offenders, encourages graduated sanctions, limits the amount of authorizations, and 

encourages continued monitoring of mentally ill offenders after release. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION

BJS estimated in 1999 that 16% of State prison inmates, 7% of 

Federal inmates, and 16% of inmates in local jails or on probation 

reported either a mental condition or an overnight stay in a mental 

hospital. According to BJS, white inmates were more likely than 

blacks or Hispanics to report a mental illness, and offender mental 

illness was highest for those between the ages of 45 and 54. 

According to this study and others, homelessness and unemployment are more prevalent among the mentally ill. Additional statistics show that six in ten mentally ill State inmates were under the 

influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the offense, and one 

third of all mentally ill offenders were dependent on alcohol. BJS 

also found that six in ten of the mentally ill received treatment 

while incarcerated. 

These statistics show the importance of mental health treatment 

as well as additional assistance for mentally ill offenders. They also 

illustrate the importance of treating substance abuse problems as 

well as the underlying mental illnesses. 

HEARINGS

The Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on S. 1194 on June 22, 2004. Testimony was received from 4 witnesses, representing various organizations, with additional material submitted for the record by other 

individuals and organizations. 

COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On September 23, 2004, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 

and Homeland Security met in open session and ordered favorably 

reported the bill S. 1194, with an amendment, by a voice vote, a 

quorum being present. On September 30, 2004, the Committee met 

in open session and ordered favorably reported the bill S. 1194, 

with an amendment, by voice vote, a quorum being present. 

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VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE

In compliance with clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee notes that there were no 

recorded votes during the Committee’s consideration of S. 1194. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee reports that the findings 

and recommendations of the Committee, based on oversight activities under clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, are incorporated in the descriptive portions of this report. 

NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND TAX EXPENDITURES

Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is inapplicable because this legislation does not provide new 

budgetary authority or increased tax expenditures. 

COMMITTEE COST ESTIMATE

In compliance with clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the Committee notes that the bill authorizes $50 million for the current fiscal year 2005, and such sums 

as shall be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2009. All authorized amounts are subject to appropriations of the authorized 

amounts, and the costs for this fiscal year and the five following 

fiscal years will be the amounts that Congress appropriates pursuant to these authorizations. The Committee did not receive any estimates of the costs of this legislation from any other government 

agency as outlined in clause 3(d)(2)(B) of rule XIII. The bill authorizes new programs so the Committee cannot provide a comparison 

with relevant programs under current law as outlined in clause 

3(d)(2)(C) of rule XIII. 

PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The Committee states that pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, S. 1194 will help to 

reduce recidivism among mentally ill offenders in the criminal justice system. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority for this legislation in article I, § 8 of the Constitution. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

The following discussion describes the bill as reported by the 

Committee. 

Section 1. Short title. 

This section establishes the short title of the bill as the ‘‘Mentally 

Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004.’’ 

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Section 2. Findings 

This section makes findings regarding the prevalence of mentally 

ill offenders in correctional institutions in America. 

Section 3. Purpose 

This section provides that the purpose of this bill is to reduce recidivism among mentally ill offenders; to establish mental health 

treatment options for courts; to maximize the use of alternatives to 

prosecution for the mentally ill in appropriate cases; to promote 

training for criminal justice system personnel; and to promote communication and collaboration between criminal justice system personnel and mental health treatment providers. 

Section 4. Department of Justice Mental Health and Criminal Justice Collaboration Program 

This section authorizes the Department of Justice to make planning and implementation grants to state and local governments to 

create or expand mental health courts or diversion programs; to 

train criminal justice personnel and mental health personnel; to 

support cooperation between criminal and juvenile justice agencies 

and the mental health community; to assist mentally ill offenders 

in seeking employment or housing; and to provide mental health 

services both during incarceration and during the transition back 

to society. The Committee notes that mental conditions resulting 

from neurological injury or disease qualify in the definition of mental illness and, for purposes of this Act, those who have mental conditions with a discernible neurological cause should be considered 

eligible to meet the criteria for having a mental illness. 

Each state shall receive a minimum allocation of not less than 

.75 percent of the amount allocated under this bill. Participants in 

the collaboration programs must match a percentage of the Federal 

funds allocated. 

The Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services are required to establish an interagency task force to address barriers to collaboration on issues relating to mentally ill offenders. Additionally, the Attorney General and the Secretary shall 

develop a list of best practices for addressing these offenders. Finally, this section authorizes $50 million for FY2005 and such 

sums as may be necessary for FY2006 through FY2009. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (new matter is printed in italics 

and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in 

roman): 

OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 

1968 

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TITLE I—JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT 

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PART HH—ADULT AND JUVENILE 

COLLABORATION PROGRAM GRANTS 

SEC. 2991. ADULT AND JUVENILE COLLABORATION PROGRAMS. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions shall 

apply: 

(1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘‘applicant’’ means States, units 

of local government, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations 

that apply for a grant under this section. 

(2) COLLABORATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘collaboration 

program’’ means a program to promote public safety by ensuring access to adequate mental health and other treatment services for mentally ill adults or juveniles that is overseen cooperatively by— 

(A) a criminal or juvenile justice agency or a mental 

health court; and 

(B) a mental health agency. 

(3) CRIMINAL OR JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCY.—The term 

‘‘criminal or juvenile justice agency’’ means an agency of a State 

or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible 

for detection, arrest, enforcement, prosecution, defense, adjudication, incarceration, probation, or parole relating to the violation of the criminal laws of that State or local government. 

(4) DIVERSION AND ALTERNATIVE PROSECUTION AND SEN- TENCING.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘diversion’’ and ‘‘alternative prosecution and sentencing’’ mean the appropriate 

use of effective mental health treatment alternatives to juvenile justice or criminal justice system institutional placements for preliminarily qualified offenders. 

(B) APPROPRIATE USE.—In this paragraph, the term 

‘‘appropriate use’’ includes the discretion of the judge or supervising authority, the leveraging of graduated sanctions 

to encourage compliance with treatment, and law enforcement diversion, including crisis intervention teams. 

(C) GRADUATED SANCTIONS.—In this paragraph, the 

term ‘‘graduated sanctions’’ means an accountability-based 

graduated series of sanctions (including incentives, treatments, and services) applicable to mentally ill offenders 

within both the juvenile and adult justice system to hold 

individuals accountable for their actions and to protect 

communities by providing appropriate sanctions for inducing law-abiding behavior and preventing subsequent involvement in the criminal justice system. 

(5) MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY.—The term ‘‘mental health 

agency’’ means an agency of a State or local government or its 

contracted agency that is responsible for mental health services 

or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse services. 

(6) MENTAL HEALTH COURT.—The term ‘‘mental health 

court’’ means a judicial program that meets the requirements of 

part V of this title. 

(7) MENTAL ILLNESS.—The term ‘‘mental illness’’ means a 

diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder— 

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tical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association; and 

(B)(i) that, in the case of an adult, has resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits 1 or more major life activities; or 

(ii) that, in the case of a juvenile, has resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits the juvenile’s role or functioning in family, school, or 

community activities. 

(8) NONVIOLENT OFFENSE.—The term ‘‘nonviolent offense’’ 

means an offense that does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another or is not a felony that by its nature 

involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense. 

(9) PRELIMINARILY QUALIFIED OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘preliminarily qualified offender’’ means an adult or juvenile accused of a nonviolent offense who— 

(A)(i) previously or currently has been diagnosed by a 

qualified mental health professional as having a mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 

disorders; or 

(ii) manifests obvious signs of mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders during arrest or confinement or before any court; and 

(B) has faced, is facing, or could face criminal charges 

for a misdemeanor or nonviolent offense and is deemed eligible by a diversion process, designated pretrial screening 

process, or by a magistrate or judge, on the ground that the 

commission of the offense is the product of the person’s 

mental illness. 

(10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

(11) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘unit of local 

government’’ means any city, county, township, town, borough, 

parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of 

a State, including a State court, local court, or a governmental 

agency located within a city, county, township, town, borough, 

parish, or village. 

(b) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in consultation 

with the Secretary, may award nonrenewable grants to eligible 

applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement 

an adult or juvenile collaboration program, which targets preliminarily qualified offenders in order to promote public safety 

and public health. 

(2) PURPOSES.—Grants awarded under this section shall be 

used to create or expand— 

(A) mental health courts or other court-based programs 

for preliminarily qualified offenders; 

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dures for identifying the symptoms of preliminarily qualified offenders in order to respond appropriately to individuals with such illnesses; 

(C) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal and juvenile justice agencies and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health 

treatment services and, where appropriate, substance abuse 

treatment services for— 

(i) preliminarily qualified offenders with mental 

illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance 

abuse disorders; or 

(ii) adult offenders with mental illness during periods of incarceration, while under the supervision of a 

criminal justice agency, or following release from correctional facilities; and 

(D) programs that support intergovernmental cooperation between State and local governments with respect to 

the mentally ill offender. 

(3) APPLICATIONS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—To receive a planning grant or an 

implementation grant, the joint applicants shall prepare 

and submit a single application to the Attorney General at 

such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General and the Secretary shall reasonably require. An application under part V of this title 

may be made in conjunction with an application under this 

section. 

(B) COMBINED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANT

APPLICATION.—The Attorney General and the Secretary 

shall develop a procedure under which applicants may 

apply at the same time and in a single application for a 

planning grant and an implementation grant, with receipt 

of the implementation grant conditioned on successful completion of the activities funded by the planning grant. 

(4) PLANNING GRANTS.— (A) APPLICATION.—The joint applicants may apply to 

the Attorney General for a nonrenewable planning grant to 

develop a collaboration program. 

(B) CONTENTS.—The Attorney General and the Secretary may not approve a planning grant unless the application for the grant includes or provides, at a minimum, 

for a budget and a budget justification, a description of the 

outcome measures that will be used to measure the effectiveness of the program in promoting public safety and 

public health, the activities proposed (including the provision of substance abuse treatment services, where appropriate) and a schedule for completion of such activities, and 

the personnel necessary to complete such activities. 

(C) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A planning grant shall be effective for a period of 1 year, beginning on the first day of 

the month in which the planning grant is made. Applicants 

may not receive more than 1 such planning grant. 

(D) AMOUNT.—The amount of a planning grant may 

not exceed $75,000, except that the Attorney General may, 

for good cause, approve a grant in a higher amount. 

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(E) COLLABORATION SET ASIDE.—Up to 5 percent of all 

planning funds shall be used to foster collaboration between State and local governments in furtherance of the 

purposes set forth in the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment 

and Crime Reduction Act of 2004. 

(5) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— (A) APPLICATION.—Joint applicants that have prepared 

a planning grant application may apply to the Attorney 

General for approval of a nonrenewable implementation 

grant to develop a collaboration program. 

(B) COLLABORATION.—To receive an implementation 

grant, the joint applicants shall— 

(i) document that at least 1 criminal or juvenile 

justice agency (which can include a mental health 

court) and 1 mental health agency will participate in 

the administration of the collaboration program; 

(ii) describe the responsibilities of each participating agency, including how each agency will use 

grant resources to provide supervision of offenders and 

jointly ensure that the provision of mental health treatment services and substance abuse services for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance 

abuse disorders are coordinated, which may range 

from consultation or collaboration to integration in a 

single setting or treatment model; 

(iii) in the case of an application from a unit of 

local government, document that a State mental health 

authority has provided comment and review; and 

(iv) involve, to the extent practicable, in developing 

the grant application— 

(I) preliminarily qualified offenders; 

(II) the families and advocates of such individuals under subclause (I); and 

(III) advocates for victims of crime. 

(C) CONTENT.—To be eligible for an implementation 

grant, joint applicants shall comply with the following: 

(i) DEFINITION OF TARGET POPULATION.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall— 

(I) describe the population with mental illness 

or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 

disorders that is targeted for the collaboration program; and 

(II) develop guidelines that can be used by personnel of an adult or juvenile justice agency to 

identify preliminarily qualified offenders. 

(ii) SERVICES.—Applicants for an implementation 

grant shall— 

(I) ensure that preliminarily qualified offenders who are to receive treatment services under the 

collaboration program will first receive individualized, validated, needs-based assessments to determine, plan, and coordinate the most appropriate 

services for such individuals; 

(II) specify plans for making mental health, or 

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services available and accessible to preliminarily 

qualified offenders at the time of their release from 

the criminal justice system, including outside of 

normal business hours; 

(III) ensure that there are substance abuse personnel available to respond appropriately to the 

treatment needs of preliminarily qualified offenders; 

(IV) determine eligibility for Federal benefits; 

(V) ensure that preliminarily qualified offenders served by the collaboration program will have 

adequate supervision and access to effective and 

appropriate community-based mental health services, including, in the case of individuals with cooccurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, coordinated services, which may range 

from consultation or collaboration to integration in 

a single setting treatment model; 

(VI) make available, to the extent practicable, 

other support services that will ensure the preliminarily qualified offender’s successful reintegration 

into the community (such as housing, education, 

job placement, mentoring, and health care and 

benefits, as well as the services of faith-based and 

community organizations for mentally ill individuals served by the collaboration program); and 

(VII) include strategies, to the extent practicable, to address developmental and learning disabilities and problems arising from a documented 

history of physical or sexual abuse. 

(D) HOUSING AND JOB PLACEMENT.—Recipients of an 

implementation grant may use grant funds to assist mentally ill offenders compliant with the program in seeking 

housing or employment assistance. 

(E) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall strive to ensure prompt access to 

defense counsel by criminal defendants with mental illness 

who are facing charges that would trigger a constitutional 

right to counsel. 

(F) FINANCIAL.—Applicants for an implementation 

grant shall— 

(i) explain the applicant’s inability to fund the collaboration program adequately without Federal assistance; 

(ii) specify how the Federal support provided will 

be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, local, 

Indian tribe, or tribal organization sources of funding 

that would otherwise be available, including billing 

third-party resources for services already covered under 

programs (such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the State 

Children’s Insurance Program); and 

(iii) outline plans for obtaining necessary support 

and continuing the proposed collaboration program following the conclusion of Federal support. 

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(G) OUTCOMES.—Applicants for an implementation 

grant shall— 

(i) identify methodology and outcome measures, as 

required by the Attorney General and the Secretary, to 

be used in evaluating the effectiveness of the collaboration program; 

(ii) ensure mechanisms are in place to capture 

data, consistent with the methodology and outcome 

measures under clause (i); and 

(iii) submit specific agreements from affected agencies to provide the data needed by the Attorney General 

and the Secretary to accomplish the evaluation under 

clause (i). 

(H) STATE PLANS.—Applicants for an implementation 

grant shall describe how the adult or juvenile collaboration 

program relates to existing State criminal or juvenile justice and mental health plans and programs. 

(I) USE OF FUNDS.—Applicants that receive an implementation grant may use funds for 1 or more of the following purposes: 

(i) MENTAL HEALTH COURTS AND DIVERSION/ALTERNATIVE PROSECUTION AND SENTENCING PROGRAMS.—Funds may be used to create or expand existing mental health courts that meet program requirements established by the Attorney General under part 

V of this title, other court-based programs, or diversion 

and alternative prosecution and sentencing programs 

(including crisis intervention teams and treatment accountability services for communities) that meet requirements established by the Attorney General and the 

Secretary. 

(ii) TRAINING.—Funds may be used to create or expand programs, such as crisis intervention training, 

which offer specialized training to— 

(I) criminal justice system personnel to identify 

and respond appropriately to the unique needs of 

preliminarily qualified offenders; or 

(II) mental health system personnel to respond 

appropriately to the treatment needs of preliminarily qualified offenders. 

(iii) SERVICE DELIVERY.—Funds may be used to 

create or expand programs that promote public safety 

by providing the services described in subparagraph 

(C)(ii) to preliminarily qualified offenders. 

(iv) IN-JAIL AND TRANSITIONAL SERVICES.—Funds 

may be used to promote and provide mental health 

treatment and transitional services for those incarcerated or for transitional re-entry programs for those released from any penal or correctional institution. 

(J) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, shall ensure that planning and implementation grants are equitably distributed among the geographical regions of the 

United States and between urban and rural populations. 

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(c) PRIORITY.—The Attorney General, in awarding funds under 

this section, shall give priority to applications that— 

(1) demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that 

such funds are used to promote both public health and public 

safety; 

(2) demonstrate the active participation of each co-applicant in the administration of the collaboration program; 

(3) document, in the case of an application for a grant to 

be used in whole or in part to fund treatment services for adults 

or juveniles during periods of incarceration or detention, that 

treatment programs will be available to provide transition and 

re-entry services for such individuals; and 

(4) have the support of both the Attorney General and the 

Secretary. 

(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a collaboration program carried out by a State, unit of local government, Indian tribe, or tribal organization under this section 

shall not exceed— 

(A) 80 percent of the total cost of the program during 

the first 2 years of the grant; 

(B) 60 percent of the total cost of the program in year 

3; and 

(C) 25 percent of the total cost of the program in years 

4 and 5. 

(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of payments made under this section may be made in cash or in-kind 

fairly evaluated, including planned equipment or services. 

(e) FEDERAL USE OF FUNDS.—The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, in administering grants under this section, may use up to 3 percent of funds appropriated to— 

(1) research the use of alternatives to prosecution through 

pretrial diversion in appropriate cases involving individuals 

with mental illness; 

(2) offer specialized training to personnel of criminal and 

juvenile justice agencies in appropriate diversion techniques; 

(3) provide technical assistance to local governments, mental health courts, and diversion programs, including technical 

assistance relating to program evaluation; 

(4) help localities build public understanding and support 

for community reintegration of individuals with mental illness; 

(5) develop a uniform program evaluation process; and 

(6) conduct a national evaluation of the collaboration program that will include an assessment of its cost-effectiveness. 

(f) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and the Secretary 

shall establish an interagency task force with the Secretaries of 

Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Education, and Veterans Affairs and the Commissioner of Social Security, or their 

designees. 

(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The task force established under 

paragraph (1) shall— 

(A) identify policies within their departments that 

hinder or facilitate local collaborative initiatives for preliminarily qualified offenders; and 

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(B) submit, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, a report to Congress containing recommendations for improved interdepartmental collaboration regarding the provision of services to preliminarily 

qualified offenders. 

(g) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Unless all eligible applications submitted by any State or unit of local government within such State 

for a planning or implementation grant under this section have 

been funded, such State, together with grantees within the State 

(other than Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year 

under this section not less than 0.75 percent of the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for planning or implementation grants 

pursuant to this section. 

(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated to the Department of Justice to carry out this section— 

(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and 

(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 

through 2009. 

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in Room 

2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. [Chairman of the Committee] presiding. 

[Intervening business.] 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The next item on the agenda is Senate 1194, the ‘‘Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003.’’ The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North 

Carolina, Mr. Coble, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, 

Terrorism, and Homeland Security for a motion. 

Mr. COBLE. Mr. Chairman, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security reports favorably the bill S. 1194, 

with a single amendment in the nature of a substitute and moves 

its favorable recommendation to the full House. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Without objection, the bill will be 

considered as read and open for amendment at any point. And the 

Subcommittee amendment in the nature of a substitute, which the 

Members have before them, will be considered as read, considered 

as the original text for purposes of amendment, and open for 

amendment at any point. 

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Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman 

from North Carolina, Mr. Coble, to strike the last word. 

Mr. COBLE. I thank the Chairman and I won’t take the full 5 

minutes, Mr. Chairman. 

This bill was unanimously approved when Mr. Scott and I held 

our markup I guess last week. It came from the Senate side. Mr. 

DeWine was the primary sponsor, but during the markup we made 

a few minor changes and reported the bill favorably. 

Members forming a bipartisan coalition have realized the need 

for this legislation, as up to 16 percent of the inmates in the United 

States suffer from mental illness, according to the Bureau of Justice statistics. In response to this problem S. 1194 provides the 

needed grant program to encourage States to address the issue, 

and I think it is a worthwhile proposal, and I urge the passage and 

submit it to the full House. 

Yield back the balance of my time. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Does the gentleman from Virginia 

wish to give an opening statement? 

Mr. SCOTT. Yes, Mr. Chairman. And—— 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The gentleman is recognized for 5 

minutes. 

Mr. SCOTT. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you for 

convening this markup on S. 1194, the ‘‘Mentally Ill Offender 

Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003.’’ I am a cosponsor of 

the House version of the bill and pleased to see it move forward. 

This bill has been developed with the collaboration of Advocates 

For Mental Health and Substance Abuse, our staffs as well as the 

staffing of Senator DeWine, Congressman Strickland, Congressman 

Delahunt, and the Members. They are all to be commended for 

their hard work and excellent product that we have before us. 

I want to express particular gratitude, Mr. Chairman, to you and 

Subcommittee Chairman Coble and your staffs not only for scheduling this markup—scheduling the markup of this bill in a very 

cramped schedule with lots of competition for slots—but also for 

your openness in developing a bill in a bipartisan fashion and your 

diligence in assuring that it moves forward as a product of which 

we can all be proud. 

I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Without objection, all Members’ 

opening statements will appear in the record at this point. 

Mr. COBLE. Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Are there amendments? Gentleman 

from North Carolina. 

Mr. COBLE. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Massachusetts, 

Mr. Delahunt, has an amendment that we are willing to accept, but 

I don’t know whether he is on his way or not. But it would improve 

the bill. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Well, without objection the bill will 

be temporarily laid aside until either Mr. Delahunt or his amendment arrive. 

Mr. COBLE. I thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Without objection, so ordered, and 

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Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The unfinished business is consideration of the bill Senate 1194, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment 

and Crime Reduction Act, which was temporarily laid aside earlier 

today. Without objection, the bill will be brought again before the 

Committee and the bill is open for amendment at any point. The 

gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Delahunt, has an amendment. 

Mr. DELAHUNT. Yes, Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the 

desk. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The Clerk will report the amendment. 

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Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that 

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Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Without objection, so ordered, and 

the gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes. 

Mr. DELAHUNT. I thank the Chair, and I want to particularly acknowledge Chairman Coble and Ranking Member Scott and Representative Ted Strickland for their leadership on this bill. This is 

a very important piece of legislation, and I am pleased to be a cosponsor. 

Sadly, our Nation’s jails and prisons are in a state of crisis as 

they struggle to provide mental health services for incarcerated individuals, and it is simply wrong that families must resort to the 

police in order to obtain assistance and treatment for family members and loved ones suffering from an extreme episode of mental 

illness. Yet, during times of extreme distress, families face no alternatives. 

Now, this comprehensive legislation is a step in the right direction in order to move away from laws that criminalize mental illness. State and local correctional facilities will now be able to create a program. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Will the gentleman yield? 

Mr. DELAHUNT. I yield. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. I have reviewed the gentleman’s 

amendment, and I believe it is a very good one in broadening some 

of the functions of what is considered in this act to better treat people who suffer from mental illness. But probably most importantly 

in terms of getting this bill passed, the authorization is a 1-year 

authorization so that we have to jump through fewer hoops in 

order to get the bill on the floor next week and hopefully get the 

amendment concurred in by the Senate and the signature of the 

President on the bottom. 

So I am happy to support the amendment of the gentleman from 

Massachusetts. It makes a better bill and it saves money. 

Mr. DELAHUNT. I thank the Chair, and with that, I will conclude 

my remarks and yield back. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The question is on agreeing to the 

amendments. 

Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The gentleman from Virginia, Mr. 

Scott. 

Mr. SCOTT. Move to strike the last word. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The gentleman is recognized for 5 

minutes. 

Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Chairman, had we adopted a substitute on this? 

No? Yes? 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. There is a Subcommittee substitute, 

but this is an amendment to the substitute. 

Mr. SCOTT. Right. 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. And the substitute was not adopted. 

It was laid down as the base text but not adopted. 

Mr. SCOTT. And this is an amendment to that substitute? 

Chairman SENSENBRENNER. Yes, it is. 

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amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute is 

agreed to. 

Are there further amendments? If there are no further amendments, the question is on agreeing to the Subcommittee amendment in the nature of a substitute. All those in favor will say aye. 

Opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it, and the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute is agreed to. 

The question occurs on the motion to report the Senate bill 1194 

favorably, as amended. A reporting quorum is present. All in favor 

will say aye. Opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes 

have it and the motion to report favorably is adopted. 

Without objection, the bill will be reported favorably to the 

House in the form of a single amendment in the nature of a substitute, incorporating the amendment adopted here today. Without 

objection, the Chairman is authorized to move to go to conference 

pursuant to House rules. Without objection, the staff is directed to 

make any technical and conforming changes, and all Members will 

be given 2 days as provided by House rules in which to submit additional, dissenting, supplemental, or minority views. 

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