117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3846 

AN ACT 

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

7 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

8 (34 U.S.C. 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 ac13 countability services for communities, and train14 ing for State and local prosecutors relating to 

15 diversion programming and implementation’’; 

16 (B) in clause (v)— 

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

18 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

21 and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(V) coordinate, implement, and 

25 administer models to address mental 

26 health calls that include specially 
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1 trained officers and mental health cri2 sis workers responding to those calls 

3 together.’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(vi) SUICIDE PREVENTION SERV6 ICES.—Funds may be used to develop, pro7 mote, and implement comprehensive sui8 cide prevention programs and services for 

9 incarcerated individuals that include ongo10 ing risk assessment. 

11 ‘‘(vii) CASE MANAGEMENT SERV12 ICES.—Funds may be used for case man13 agement services for preliminary qualified 

14 offenders and individuals who are released 

15 from any penal or correctional institution 

16 to— 

17 ‘‘(I) reduce recidivism; and 

18 ‘‘(II) assist those individuals with 

19 reentry into the community. 

20 ‘‘(viii) ENHANCING COMMUNITY CA21 PACITY AND LINKS TO MENTAL HEALTH

22 CARE.—Funds may be used to support, ad23 minister, or develop treatment capacity 

24 and increase access to mental health care 

25 and substance use disorder services for 
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1 preliminary qualified offenders and individ2 uals who are released from any penal or 

3 correctional institution. 

4 ‘‘(ix) IMPLEMENTING 988.—Funds 

5 may be used to support the efforts of State 

6 and local governments to implement and 

7 expand the integration of the 988 universal 

8 telephone number designated for the pur9 pose of the national suicide prevention and 

10 mental health crisis hotline system under 

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

12 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251(e)(4)), includ13 ing by hiring staff to support the imple14 mentation and expansion.’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(K) TEAMS ADDRESSING MENTAL

17 HEALTH CALLS.—With respect to a multidisci18 plinary team described in subparagraph (I)(v) 

19 that receives funds from a grant under this sec20 tion, the multidisciplinary team— 

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

22 provide response capability 24 hours each 

23 day and 7 days each week to respond to 

24 crisis or mental health calls; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) may place a part of the team in 

2 a 911 call center to facilitate the timely re3 sponse to mental health crises.’’. 

4 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 2991(o)(1)(C) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

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

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

8 ‘‘2022 through 2026’’. 

9 SEC. 3. EXAMINATION AND REPORT ON PREVALENCE OF 

10 MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS. 

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

12 and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

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

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

15 years 2022 through 2026’’. 

Passed the Senate June 23, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3846 

AN ACT 

Collaboration Program, and for other purposes. 

To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health