In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

November 29, 2022. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 3846) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health 

Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.’’, do pass 

with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice and Mental 

3 Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE JUSTICE AND MENTAL 

5 HEALTH COLLABORATION PROGRAM. 

6 Section 2991(b)(5) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

7 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

8 10651(b)(5)) is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (I)— 

10 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘teams and 

11 treatment accountability services for commu12 nities’’ and inserting ‘‘teams, treatment account13 ability services for communities, and training 

14 for State and local prosecutors relating to diver15 sion programming and implementation’’; 
2 

•S 3846 EAH 

1 (B) in clause (v)— 

2 (i) in subclause (III), by striking 

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the 

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

6 and 

7 (iii) by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(V) coordinate, implement, and 

10 administer models to address mental 

11 health calls that include specially 

12 trained officers and mental health cri13 sis workers responding to those calls to14 gether.’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(vi) SUICIDE PREVENTION SERV17 ICES.—Funds may be used to develop, pro18 mote, and implement comprehensive suicide 

19 prevention programs and services for incar20 cerated individuals that include ongoing 

21 risk assessment. 

22 ‘‘(vii) CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.— 

23 Funds may be used for case management 

24 services for preliminary qualified offenders 
3 

•S 3846 EAH 

1 and individuals who are released from any 

2 penal or correctional institution to— 

3 ‘‘(I) reduce recidivism; and 

4 ‘‘(II) assist those individuals with 

5 reentry into the community. 

6 ‘‘(viii) ENHANCING COMMUNITY CAPAC7 ITY AND LINKS TO MENTAL HEALTH

8 CARE.—Funds may be used to support, ad9 minister, or develop treatment capacity and 

10 increase access to mental health care and 

11 substance use disorder services for prelimi12 nary qualified offenders and individuals 

13 who are released from any penal or correc14 tional institution. 

15 ‘‘(ix) IMPLEMENTING 988.—Funds may 

16 be used to support the efforts of State and 

17 local governments to implement and expand 

18 the integration of the 988 universal tele19 phone number designated for the purpose of 

20 the national suicide prevention and mental 

21 health crisis hotline system under section 

22 251(e)(4) of the Communications Act of 

23 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251(e)(4)), including by 

24 hiring staff to support the implementation 

25 and expansion.’’; and 
4 

•S 3846 EAH 

1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(K) TEAMS ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH

3 CALLS.—With respect to a multidisciplinary 

4 team described in subparagraph (I)(v) that re5 ceives funds from a grant under this section, the 

6 multidisciplinary team— 

7 ‘‘(i) shall, to the extent practicable, 

8 provide response capability 24 hours each 

9 day and 7 days each week to respond to cri10 sis or mental health calls; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) may place a part of the team in 

12 a 911 call center to facilitate the timely re13 sponse to mental health crises.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. EXAMINATION AND REPORT ON PREVALENCE OF 

15 MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS. 

16 Section 5(d) of the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment 

17 and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

18 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416; 122 Stat. 4355) is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal 

20 years 2023 through 2027’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3846 

AMENDMENT