I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5909 
To strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2020 
Mr. 
TRONE
(for 
himself, 
Mr. 
RUTHERFORD, 
Ms. 
DEAN, 
Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Ms. SCANLON, and Mr. ARMSTRONG) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crisis Stabilization and 
Community Reentry Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS STABILIZATION. 
(a) PLANNING
AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after part NN the following: 
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‘‘PART OO—CRISIS STABILIZATION AND 
COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM. 
‘‘SEC. 3101. GRANT AUTHORIZATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants under this part to States, for use by State and local 
correctional facilities, for the purpose of providing clinical 
services for people with serious mental illness that estab-
lish treatment, suicide prevention, and continuity of recov-
ery in the community upon release from the correctional 
facility. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under this 
part shall be used to support— 
‘‘(1) programs involving criminal and juvenile 
justice agencies, mental health agencies, and com-
munity-based behavioral health providers that im-
prove clinical stabilization during incarceration and 
continuity of care leading to recovery in the commu-
nity by providing services and supports that may in-
clude peer support services, enrollment in health 
care, and introduction to long-acting injectable medi-
cations or, as clinically indicated, other medications, 
by— 
‘‘(A) providing training and education for 
criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental 
health agencies, and community-based behav-
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ioral health providers on interventions that sup-
port— 
‘‘(i) engagement in recovery supports 
and services; 
‘‘(ii) access to medication while in an 
incarcerated setting; and 
‘‘(iii) continuity of care during reentry 
into the community; 
‘‘(B) ensuring that offenders with serious 
mental illness are provided appropriate access 
to evidence-based recovery supports that may 
include peer support services, medication (in-
cluding long-acting injectable medications where 
clinically appropriate), and psycho-social thera-
pies; 
‘‘(C) offering technical assistance to crimi-
nal justice agencies on how to modify their ad-
ministrative and clinical processes to accommo-
date evidence-based interventions, such as long- 
acting injectable medications and other recovery 
supports; and 
‘‘(D) participating in data collection activi-
ties specified by the Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services; 
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‘‘(2) programs that support cooperative efforts 
between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, men-
tal health agencies, and community-based behavioral 
health providers to establish or enhance serious men-
tal illness recovery support by— 
‘‘(A) strengthening or establishing crisis 
response services delivered by hotlines, mobile 
crisis teams, crisis stabilization and triage cen-
ters, peer support specialists, public safety offi-
cers, community-based behavioral health pro-
viders, and other stakeholders, including by pro-
viding technical support for interventions that 
promote long-term recovery; 
‘‘(B) engaging criminal and juvenile justice 
agencies, mental health agencies and commu-
nity-based behavioral health providers, prelimi-
nary qualified offenders, and family and com-
munity members in program design, program 
implementation, and training on crisis response 
services, including connection to recovery serv-
ices and supports; 
‘‘(C) examining health care reimbursement 
issues that may pose a barrier to ensuring the 
long-term financial sustainability of crisis re-
sponse services and interventions that promote 
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long-term engagement with recovery services 
and supports; and 
‘‘(D) participating in data collection activi-
ties specified by the Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services; and 
‘‘(3) programs that provide training and addi-
tional resources to criminal and juvenile justice 
agencies, mental health agencies, and community- 
based behavioral health providers on serious mental 
illness, suicide prevention strategies, recovery en-
gagement strategies, and the special health and so-
cial needs of justice-involved individuals who are liv-
ing with serious mental illness. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General shall 
consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to ensure that serious mental illness treatment and recov-
ery support services provided under this grant program 
incorporate evidence-based approaches that facilitate long- 
term engagement in recovery services and supports. 
‘‘SEC. 3102. STATE APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 
part, the chief executive of a State shall submit an applica-
tion to the Attorney General— 
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‘‘(1) in such form and containing such informa-
tion as the Attorney General may reasonably re-
quire; 
‘‘(2) that includes assurances that Federal 
funds received under this part shall be used to sup-
plement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that would 
otherwise be available for activities funded under 
this part; and 
‘‘(3) that describes the coordination between 
State criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental 
health agencies and community-based behavioral 
health providers, preliminary qualified offenders, and 
family and community members in— 
‘‘(A) program design; 
‘‘(B) program implementation; and 
‘‘(C) training on crisis response, medica-
tion adherence, and continuity of recovery in 
the community. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR PREFERENCE WITH COMMU-
NITY CARE COMPONENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 
this part, the Attorney General shall give preference 
to a State that ensures that individuals who partici-
pate in a program, funded by a grant under this 
part will be provided with continuity of care, in ac-
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cordance with paragraph (2), in a community care 
provider program upon release from a correctional 
facility. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the continuity of care shall involve the co-
ordination of the correctional facility treatment pro-
gram with qualified community behavioral health 
providers and other recovery supports, parole super-
vision programs, half-way house programs, and par-
ticipation in peer recovery group programs, which 
may aid in ongoing recovery after the individual is 
released from the correctional facility. 
‘‘(3) COMMUNITY
CARE
PROVIDER
PROGRAM 
DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘community care provider program’ means a 
community mental health center or certified commu-
nity behavioral health clinic that directly provides to 
an individual, or assists in connecting an individual 
to the provision of, appropriate community-based 
treatment, medication management, and other recov-
ery supports, when the individual leaves a correc-
tional facility at the end of a sentence or on parole. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION
OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
Each application submitted for a grant under this part 
shall include a description of how the funds made available 
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under this part will be coordinated with Federal assistance 
for behavioral health services currently provided by the 
Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 
‘‘SEC. 3103. REVIEW OF STATE APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
make a grant under section 3101 to carry out the projects 
described in the application submitted under section 3102 
upon determining that— 
‘‘(1) the application is consistent with the re-
quirements of this part; and 
‘‘(2) before the approval of the application, the 
Attorney General has made an affirmative finding in 
writing that the proposed project has been reviewed 
in accordance with this part. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—Each application submitted under 
section 3102 shall be considered approved, in whole or in 
part, by the Attorney General not later than 90 days after 
first received, unless the Attorney General informs the ap-
plicant of specific reasons for disapproval. 
‘‘(c) RESTRICTION.—Grant funds received under this 
part shall not be used for land acquisition or construction 
projects. 
‘‘(d) DISAPPROVAL
NOTICE
AND
RECONSIDER-
ATION.—The Attorney General may not disapprove any 
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application without first affording the applicant reason-
able notice and an opportunity for reconsideration. 
‘‘SEC. 3104. EVALUATION. 
‘‘Each State that receives a grant under this part 
shall submit to the Attorney General an evaluation not 
later than March 1 of each year in such form and con-
taining such information as the Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, may reasonably require. 
‘‘SEC. 3105. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING. 
‘‘For purposes of carrying out this part, the Attorney 
General is authorized to award not more than 
$10,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Department of 
Justice for State and local law enforcement activities for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
AND MENTAL 
HEALTH TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 2992(c)(3) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10652(c)(3)) is 
amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
following: ‘‘, which may include interventions designed to 
enhance access to medication.’’. 
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