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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1931 

To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse 

disorders by establishing new grant programs for increased training, 

technical assistance, and coordination of service providers, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 2, 2009 

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. STARK, and Ms. DELAURO) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health 

or substance abuse disorders by establishing new grant 

programs for increased training, technical assistance, and 

coordination of service providers, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juvenile Crime Reduc5 tion Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REDUCING CRIME AND PROMOTING REHABILITA2 TION BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO IMPROVE 

3 IDENTIFICATION OF AND SERVICES FOR JU4 VENILES WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR SUB5 STANCE ABUSE DISORDERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Juvenile Justice 

7 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 

8 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating part F as part G; and 

10 (2) by inserting after part E the following new 

11 part: 

12 ‘‘PART F—REDUCING CRIME AND PROMOTING 

13 REHABILITATION BY IMPROVING IDENTI14 FICATION OF AND SERVICES FOR JUVENILES 

15 WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE 

16 ABUSE DISORDERS. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 270. TRAINING GRANTS TO INCREASE DIVERSION OF 

18 JUVENILES WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR SUB19 STANCE ABUSE DISORDERS INTO HOME- OR 

20 COMMUNITY-BASED CARE. 

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHING GRANT PROGRAM.—The Admin22 istrator may award grants for the purposes described in 

23 subsection (b) to a public agency who complies with the 

24 eligibility requirements described in subsection (c). 

25 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—The recipient of a grant 

2 awarded under this section shall use the funds to 

3 provide training, in conjunction with the public or 

4 private agency that provides mental health services, 

5 to individuals involved in making decisions regarding 

6 the disposition of cases involving youth who enter 

7 the juvenile justice system, including any of the fol8 lowing categories of individuals: 

9 ‘‘(A) Juvenile justice intake personnel. 

10 ‘‘(B) Law enforcement personnel. 

11 ‘‘(C) Prosecutors. 

12 ‘‘(D) Juvenile court judges. 

13 ‘‘(E) Public defenders. 

14 ‘‘(F) Mental health service providers and 

15 administrators. 

16 ‘‘(G) Substance abuse disorder service pro17 viders and administrators. 

18 ‘‘(H) Probation officers. 

19 ‘‘(I) Parents or parent advocates. 

20 ‘‘(2) FOCUS OF TRAINING.—Training provided 

21 through a grant awarded under this section shall 

22 focus on the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) The availability of standardized, vali24 dated, age-appropriate, and culturally com25 petent screening and assessment tools and the 


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1 effective use of such tools to divert juveniles 

2 from secure confinement into home-based and 

3 community-based care. 

4 ‘‘(B) The purpose, benefits, and avail5 ability of home-based and community-based 

6 mental health or substance abuse treatment 

7 programs available to juveniles within the juris8 diction of the grantee. 

9 ‘‘(C) Public and private programs available 

10 to juveniles to pay for home-based and commu11 nity-based mental health or substance abuse 

12 treatment programs. 

13 ‘‘(D) The appropriate use of effective 

14 home-based and community-based alternatives 

15 to juvenile justice or mental health system insti16 tutional placements. 

17 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—In order to be 

18 eligible to receive a grant under this section, a public agen19 cy shall prepare and submit an application, at such time 

20 and in such form as the Administrator may require, that 

21 includes the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) An assurance that the agency will work 

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1 tive, linguistically and culturally competent, and of 

2 a high quality. 

3 ‘‘(2) An assurance that the agency— 

4 ‘‘(A) is committed to a goal of increasing 

5 the diversion of juveniles coming under its ju6 risdiction into appropriate home-based or com7 munity-based care when the interest of the ju8 venile and public safety allow; 

9 ‘‘(B) intends to utilize the grant provided 

10 under this section to further such goal; and 

11 ‘‘(C) has a plan to demonstrate, using ap12 propriate benchmarks, the agency’s progress in 

13 meeting such goal. 

14 ‘‘(3) An assurance that not less than 25 percent 

15 of the total cost of the training conducted with the 

16 grant will be contributed by non-Federal sources. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 271. ENCOURAGING COMPREHENSIVE COLLABORA18 TIONS TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH OR 

19 SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS AMONG AT20 RISK JUVENILES. 

21 ‘‘(a) GRANT TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE COL22 LABORATIVE PLAN.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con24 sultation with the Administrator of the Substance 

25 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 


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1 may award a 1-year grant to an eligible public agen2 cy to develop a comprehensive collaborative plan (as 

3 described in paragraph (2)) to address the service 

4 needs of juveniles with mental health or substance 

5 abuse disorders who come into contact with the jus6 tice system or who are at risk of coming into contact 

7 with the justice system. 

8 ‘‘(2) PLAN DESCRIBED.—The plan referred to 

9 in paragraph (1) shall be a plan that— 

10 ‘‘(A) revises and improves the current de11 livery of intensive home-based and community12 based services to juveniles who have been in 

13 contact with or who are at risk of coming into 

14 contact with the justice system; 

15 ‘‘(B) determines how the service needs of 

16 juveniles with mental health or substance abuse 

17 disorders who come into contact with the juve18 nile justice system will be furnished from the 

19 initial detention stage until after discharge in 

20 order for these juveniles to avoid further con21 tact with the justice system; 

22 ‘‘(C) demonstrates that the public agency 

23 has entered into appropriate agreements with 

24 all entities responsible for providing services 

25 under the plan, such as the public agency 


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1 charged with administering juvenile justice pro2 grams, the public agency charged with pro3 viding mental health services, the public agency 

4 charged with providing substance abuse treat5 ment services, the State or local educational 

6 agency, the State or local child welfare system, 

7 and private nonprofit community-based organi8 zations; 

9 ‘‘(D) ensures that the State has in effect 

10 any laws necessary for services to be delivered 

11 in accordance with the plan; 

12 ‘‘(E) establishes a network of individuals 

13 (or incorporates an existing network) to provide 

14 coordination between mental health service pro15 viders, substance abuse service providers, pro16 bation and parole officers, judges, corrections 

17 personnel, law enforcement personnel, State 

18 and local educational agency personnel, parents 

19 and families, and other appropriate parties re20 garding effective treatment of juveniles with 

21 mental health or substance abuse disorders; 

22 ‘‘(F) provides for cross-system training 

23 among law enforcement personnel, corrections 

24 personnel, State and local educational agency 

25 personnel, mental health service providers, and 


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1 substance abuse service providers to enhance 

2 collaboration among systems; 

3 ‘‘(G) provides for coordinated and effective 

4 aftercare programs for juveniles who have been 

5 diagnosed with a mental health or substance 

6 abuse disorder and who are discharged from 

7 home-based care, community-based care, any 

8 other treatment program, secure detention fa9 cilities, secure correctional facilities, or jail; 

10 ‘‘(H) provides for the purchase of technical 

11 assistance to support the implementation of the 

12 plan; 

13 ‘‘(I) estimates the costs of implementing 

14 the plan and proposes funding sources suffi15 cient to meet the non-federal funding require16 ments for implementation of the plan under 

17 subsection (b); 

18 ‘‘(J) describes the methodology to be used 

19 to identify juveniles at risk of coming into con20 tact with the juvenile justice system; 

21 ‘‘(K) provides assurances that all training 

22 and services provided under the plan will be cul23 turally and linguistically competent; and 


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1 ‘‘(L) describes the outcome measures and 

2 benchmarks that will be used to evaluate the 

3 progress and effectiveness of the plan. 

4 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—In order to 

5 be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, 

6 a public agency shall prepare and submit an applica7 tion at such time, in such form, and with such infor8 mation as the Administrator may require to dem9 onstrate— 

10 ‘‘(A) the ability of the agency to develop 

11 and implement the comprehensive plan, includ12 ing the support of necessary collaborative part13 ners; and 

14 ‘‘(B) that the agency has implemented a 

15 procedure to ensure that, upon the release of a 

16 juvenile from a secure facility, the juvenile will 

17 be eligible to participate in those government 

18 programs in which the juvenile would be eligible 

19 to participate but for the juvenile’s detention in 

20 a secure facility (except to the extent prohibited 

21 under Federal law). 

22 ‘‘(b) GRANT TO IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE

23 PLAN.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 

25 award a grant payable over 4 years to an eligible 


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1 public agency to implement the plan developed under 

2 subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—A public 

4 agency receiving a grant under subsection (a) auto5 matically shall be eligible to receive a grant under 

6 this subsection if it submits to the Administrator— 

7 ‘‘(A) a copy of the plan developed under 

8 subsection (a) that meets the requirements of 

9 subsection (a)(2); 

10 ‘‘(B) an assurance that the agency will re11 port annually to the Administrator on— 

12 ‘‘(i) the progress of implementation of 

13 the plan using the outcome measures and 

14 benchmarks described in the plan (as re15 quired by subsection (a)(2)(L)), and 

16 ‘‘(ii) any amendments that the agency 

17 proposes to make to the plan; and 

18 ‘‘(C) an assurance that the agency will 

19 meet the requirements of paragraph (3) for 

20 each fiscal year of funding. 

21 ‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF COSTS TO IM22 PLEMENT PLAN DEFINED.—For each fiscal year of 

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1 mated implementation costs using non-Federal 

2 sources: 

3 ‘‘(A) During the first fiscal year of funding 

4 to implement the plan, 25%. 

5 ‘‘(B) During the second fiscal year of 

6 funding to implement the plan, 40%. 

7 ‘‘(C) During the third fiscal year of fund8 ing to implement the plan, 60%. 

9 ‘‘(D) During the fourth fiscal year of fund10 ing to implement the plan, 75%. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 272. CREATING REGIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

12 CENTERS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may award 

14 grants for the establishment of 4 regional research, train15 ing, and technical assistance centers to carry out the fol16 lowing activities within geographic regions specified by the 

17 Administrator: 

18 ‘‘(1) Provide training on the provision of state19 of-the-art mental health and substance abuse dis20 order services in custodial and non-custodial juvenile 

21 justice-related settings (including post-release serv22 ices) and on how to engage in successful collabora23 tions between mental health or substance abuse dis24 order service providers and juvenile justice systems 

25 to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) public policymakers; 

2 ‘‘(B) juvenile justice intake personnel; 

3 ‘‘(C) law enforcement personnel; 

4 ‘‘(D) prosecutors; 

5 ‘‘(E) juvenile court judges; 

6 ‘‘(F) public defenders; 

7 ‘‘(G) mental health service providers and 

8 administrators; 

9 ‘‘(H) substance abuse disorder service pro10 viders and administrators; and 

11 ‘‘(I) parents or parent advocates. 

12 ‘‘(2) Provide direct technical assistance, includ13 ing assistance provided through toll-free telephone 

14 numbers, on methods to improve the provision of 

15 services for juveniles with mental health or sub16 stance abuse disorders, including information on— 

17 ‘‘(A) what types of mental health or sub18 stance abuse service approaches are effective 

19 within the juvenile justice system; and 

20 ‘‘(B) how home- and community-based 

21 mental health or substance abuse services are 

22 often more effective in reducing recidivism and 

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1 ations) and how such services can be improved 

2 to be more effective. 

3 ‘‘(3) Provide information, training, and tech4 nical assistance to public agency officials to enhance 

5 the capacity of such officials to provide appropriate 

6 services relating to mental health or substance abuse 

7 disorders among juveniles. 

8 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive grants under 

9 this section, an entity shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) be either a public agency or a not-for-prof11 it private entity; and 

12 ‘‘(2) prepare and submit an application at such 

13 time, in such form, and with such information and 

14 assurances as the Administrator may require to 

15 demonstrate the ability of the entity to deliver the 

16 services described in subsection (a) within the par17 ticular geographic region in which the entity is lo18 cated. 

19 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year for grants under this 

22 section. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 273. ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING REFORMS IN 

2 MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 

3 POLICIES. 

4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHING GRANT PROGRAM.—The Admin5 istrator shall award a grant to an eligible public agency 

6 to hire or contract with one or more mental health profes7 sionals or a public or private organization with particular 

8 expertise in the area of mental health or substance abuse 

9 disorders among juveniles who come into contact with the 

10 juvenile justice system to assist the agency in reforming 

11 its mental health and substance abuse policies with respect 

12 to such juveniles. 

13 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DURATION.—A public agency shall use a 

15 grant awarded under this section to hire (or contract 

16 with) on a temporary basis not to exceed 3 years an 

17 individual or organization described in subsection 

18 (a). 

19 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant 

20 awarded under this section shall not exceed 

21 $300,000. 

22 ‘‘(3) NUMBER OF GRANTS PER APPLICANT.—A 

23 public agency shall not receive more than 1 grant 

24 under this section. 

25 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—In order to be 

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1 cy shall prepare and submit an application, at such time 

2 and in such form as the Administrator may require, that 

3 includes the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) A description of the intended use of the 

5 grant. 

6 ‘‘(2) An assurance that the grant is necessary 

7 for the agency to affect a lasting improvement in the 

8 agency’s practices and procedures related to juve9 niles with mental health or substance abuse dis10 orders coming under its jurisdiction. 

11 ‘‘(3) An assurance that the agency will expend 

12 funds received under this section to supplement and 

13 not supplant other funds available to the agency for 

14 the purpose of reforming its mental health and sub15 stance abuse policies with respect to juveniles who 

16 come into contact with the juvenile justice system. 

17 ‘‘(4) An assurance that not less than 25 percent 

18 of the total cost of hiring an individual or organiza19 tion described in subsection (a) will be contributed 

20 by non-Federal sources. 

21 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 

23 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year for grants under this 

24 section.’’. 


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1 (b) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—Section 299 of the Juvenile Justice and Delin3 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘C AND E’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘C, E, AND F’’, and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘C and E’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘C, E, and F’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub11 section (e); and 

12 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol13 lowing new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

15 PART F.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

16 carry out part F such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

17 year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year, subject to the 

18 applicable limitations of such part.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. ENCOURAGING STATES TO IMPROVE SCREENING 

20 AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES FOR JUVE21 NILES WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR SUB22 STANCE ABUSE DISORDERS. 

23 (a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR STATE

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1 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)) is 

2 amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (27), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

4 inserting a semicolon; 

5 (2) in paragraph (28), by striking the period at 

6 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(29) describe the State’s efforts to implement 

10 an evidence-based mental health and substance 

11 abuse disorder screening and assessment program 

12 for all juveniles held in a secure facility for a period 

13 of more than 24 hours that provides for one or more 

14 initial screenings and, if a juvenile’s initial screening 

15 demonstrates a need, further assessment; and 

16 ‘‘(30) describe the State’s method for providing 

17 or arranging for mental health and substance abuse 

18 disorder treatment for juveniles determined to be in 

19 need of such treatment.’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 subsection (a) shall apply to a plan or a plan’s annual 

22 amendments (as described in section 223(a) of the Juve23 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 

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1 tion of the 45-day period which begins on the date of en2 actment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE BO4 NUSES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Juvenile Justice 

6 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5781 

7 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating section 505 as section 506; 

9 and 

10 (2) by inserting after section 504 the following 

11 new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 505. USE OF APPROPRIATIONS EXCEEDING 

13 $110,000,000 FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 

14 BONUSES. 

15 ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF BONUSES.—If the total sums 

16 appropriated in a fiscal year under section 506 exceed 

17 $110,000,000, the Administrator shall distribute those 

18 sums exceeding $110,000,000 as evidence-based practice 

19 bonuses to recipients of grants under section 504 in that 

20 fiscal year who meet the requirements of subsection (b). 

21 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In order to be eligible to re22 ceive an evidence-based practice bonus, the recipient of a 

23 grant under section 504 shall prepare and submit an ap24 plication, at such time, in such form, and with such infor25 mation as the Administrator may require, that includes— 


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1 ‘‘(1) a commitment to expend an amount, speci2 fied in the application, of the grant received under 

3 section 504 on evidence-based practices for the 

4 treatment of mental health or substance abuse dis5 orders of juveniles within the jurisdiction; 

6 ‘‘(2) a request for an evidence-based practice 

7 bonus in an amount not to exceed 33 percent of the 

8 amount specified in paragraph (1) to support spe9 cific evidence-based practices for the treatment of 

10 mental health or substance abuse disorders of juve11 niles within the jurisdiction; and 

12 ‘‘(3) a detailed description of the specific evi13 dence-based practices that will be carried out with 

14 the bonus. 

15 ‘‘(c) COMPETITIVELY AWARDED BONUSES.—The Ad16 ministrator shall award evidence-based practice bonuses 

17 under this section on a competitive basis. 

18 ‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF BONUSES.—The Administrator 

19 shall determine the amount of each evidence-based prac20 tice bonus on a competitive basis among the other recipi21 ents of bonuses, except that the bonus awarded to any 

22 bonus recipient may not exceed the amount requested in 

23 the recipient’s application under subsection (b)(2). 

24 ‘‘(e) CARRY OVER.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 

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1 are available for distribution as evidence-based practice 

2 bonuses under this section shall remain available for dis3 tribution until the end of the succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

4 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

5 subsection (a) shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 

6 2010. 

7 SEC. 5. IMPROVING INFORMATION ABOUT PREVALENCE OF 

8 MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 

9 DISORDERS IN JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 

10 (a) INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE

11 ABUSE DISORDER INFORMATION IN REQUIRED ANNUAL

12 REPORT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 207(1) of the Juve14 nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

15 (42 U.S.C. 5617(1)) is amended— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 

17 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

19 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

21 subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(G) the prevalence of mental health dis23 orders among juveniles, including separate in24 formation on the diagnoses of serious mental 


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1 health disorders, substance abuse disorders, and 

2 both such disorders.’’. 

3 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

4 by subsection (a) shall take effect beginning with fis5 cal year 2010. 

6 (b) EXAMINATION AND REPORT ON EVIDENCE7 BASED PRACTICES BY COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JUVE8 NILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 206(c)(1) of such 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 5616(c)(1)) is amended by adding at 

11 the end the following sentence: ‘‘The Council shall 

12 examine and report on evidence-based practices for 

13 decreasing delinquency and recidivism among juve14 niles with mental health or substance abuse dis15 orders.’’. 

16 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

17 by paragraph (1) shall apply to the first annual re18 port under section 206(c)(1) of the Juvenile Justice 

19 and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

20 5616(c)(1)) issued after the expiration of the 45-day 

21 period which begins on the date of enactment of this 

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1 SEC. 6. DEDICATING EXCESS APPROPRIATIONS FOR JAIL 

2 DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO PROGRAMS SPE3 CIFICALLY TARGETING JUVENILES. 

4 (a) GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS TARGETING JUVENILES

5 FOR DIVERSION.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services shall ensure that at least 25 percent of the grants 

7 awarded in a fiscal year under section 520G of the Public 

8 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–38) are awarded to 

9 programs specifically targeting juveniles for diversion. 

10 (b) MINIMUM APPROPRIATION REQUIRED.—Sub11 section (a) only shall apply to a fiscal year in which the 

12 amount appropriated for grants under section 520G of the 

13 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–38) for that 

14 fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated for such 

15 grants in fiscal year 2009 by more than 50 percent. 

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