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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3846 

To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16, 2022 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MORAN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

Mr. TILLIS, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. COLLINS, and Ms. CORTEZ

MASTO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration 

Program, 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 ‘‘Justice and Mental 

5 Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE JUSTICE AND MENTAL 

2 HEALTH COLLABORATION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2991(b)(5) of title I of 

4 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

5 (34 U.S.C. 10651(b)(5)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (I)— 

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

8 treatment accountability services for commu9 nities’’ and inserting ‘‘teams, treatment ac10 countability services for communities, and train11 ing for State and local prosecutors relating to 

12 diversion programming and implementation’’; 

13 (B) in clause (v)— 

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

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

18 and 

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(V) coordinate, implement, and 

22 administer models to address mental 

23 health calls that include specially 

24 trained officers and mental health cri25 sis workers responding to those calls 

26 together.’’; and 


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

2 ‘‘(vi) SUICIDE PREVENTION SERV3 ICES.—Funds may be used to develop, pro4 mote, and implement comprehensive sui5 cide prevention programs and services for 

6 incarcerated individuals that include ongo7 ing risk assessment. 

8 ‘‘(vii) CASE MANAGEMENT SERV9 ICES.—Funds may be used for case man10 agement services for preliminary qualified 

11 offenders and individuals who are released 

12 from any penal or correctional institution 

13 to— 

14 ‘‘(I) reduce recidivism; and 

15 ‘‘(II) assist those individuals with 

16 reentry into the community. 

17 ‘‘(viii) ENHANCING COMMUNITY CA18 PACITY AND LINKS TO MENTAL HEALTH

19 CARE.—Funds may be used to support, ad20 minister, or develop treatment capacity 

21 and increase access to mental health care 

22 and substance use disorder services for 

23 preliminary qualified offenders and individ24 uals who are released from any penal or 

25 correctional institution. 


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1 ‘‘(ix) IMPLEMENTING 988.—Funds 

2 may be used to support the efforts of State 

3 and local governments to implement and 

4 expand the integration of the 988 universal 

5 telephone number designated for the pur6 pose of the national suicide prevention and 

7 mental health crisis hotline system under 

8 section 251(e)(4) of the Communications 

9 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251(e)(4)), includ10 ing by hiring staff to support the imple11 mentation and expansion.’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(K) TEAMS ADDRESSING MENTAL

14 HEALTH CALLS.—With respect to a multidisci15 plinary team described in subparagraph (I)(v) 

16 that receives funds from a grant under this sec17 tion, the multidisciplinary team— 

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

19 provide response capability 24 hours each 

20 day and 7 days each week to respond to 

21 crisis or mental health calls; and 

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

23 a 911 call center to facilitate the timely re24 sponse to mental health crises.’’. 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

2 2991(o)(1)(C) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

3 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(o)(1)(C)) is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘2017 through 2021’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

6 SEC. 3. EXAMINATION AND REPORT ON PREVALENCE OF 

7 MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS. 

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

9 and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

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

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

12 years 2022 through 2026’’. 

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