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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3658 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award 
grants to States, territories, political subdivisions of States and terri-
tories, Tribal Governments, and consortia of Tribal Governments to es-
tablish an unarmed mobile crisis response program, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 29, 2025 
Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
CASE, and Ms. STRICKLAND) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health 
and Substance Use, to award grants to States, terri-
tories, political subdivisions of States and territories, 
Tribal Governments, and consortia of Tribal Govern-
ments to establish an unarmed mobile crisis response 
program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘911 Community Crisis 
Responders Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR UNARMED MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE 
PROGRAMS. 
Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 
is amended by inserting after section 552 (42 U.S.C. 
290ee–10) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 554. GRANTS FOR UNARMED MOBILE CRISIS RE-
SPONSE PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance 
Use, may award grants to States, territories, political sub-
divisions of States and territories (such as counties), Trib-
al Governments, and consortia of Tribal Governments to 
establish an unarmed mobile crisis response program 
under which nonviolent emergency calls are referred to un-
armed professional service providers for response, instead 
of to a law enforcement agency. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—An unarmed mo-
bile crisis response program funded under this section 
shall— 
‘‘(1) dispatch unarmed professional service pro-
viders in groups of two or more in a timely manner; 
‘‘(2) be capable of providing screening, assess-
ment, de-escalation, trauma-informed culturally com-
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petent services, engagement and referrals to commu-
nity-based treatment providers, and transportation 
to immediately necessary treatment; 
‘‘(3) when necessary, coordinate with health, 
housing, or social services; 
‘‘(4) not be subject to oversight of State, Trib-
al, or local law enforcement agencies; and 
‘‘(5) clearly outline the scope of calls that must 
or may be referred to the unarmed mobile crisis re-
sponse program as first responders. 
‘‘(c) USES OF FUNDS.—A grant under this section 
may be used for— 
‘‘(1) hiring unarmed professional service pro-
viders and public safety telecommunicators; 
‘‘(2) training unarmed professional service pro-
viders to respond to emergency calls by identifying, 
understanding, and responding to signs of mental ill-
nesses, physical disabilities, developmental or intel-
lectual disabilities, and substance use disorders, in-
cluding by means of— 
‘‘(A) de-escalation; 
‘‘(B) crisis intervention; and 
‘‘(C) connecting individuals to local service 
providers, health care providers, housing pro-
viders, community-based organizations, and the 
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full range of other available providers and re-
sources, with a focus on culturally competent 
service providers; 
‘‘(3) updating 911 response systems to enable 
triage between nonviolent 911 calls and those that 
require a response from law enforcement; 
‘‘(4) developing curriculum to train, and con-
ducting training of, public safety telecommunicators 
on de-escalation and call processing; 
‘‘(5) coordinating with 9–8–8 call centers to es-
tablish a process for dispatching an unarmed mobile 
crisis response program; 
‘‘(6) building the capacity— 
‘‘(A) to coordinate with local trauma-in-
formed social service providers, health care pro-
viders, and community-based organizations; and 
‘‘(B) to provide multilingual and culturally 
competent services; and 
‘‘(7) collecting data for reports to the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An applicant seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require, in-
cluding the applicant’s plan to train 911 public safety tele-
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communicators to determine when a call requires a re-
sponse from an unarmed mobile crisis response program. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS
TO SECRETARY.—A recipient of a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary, on 
a biannual basis, a report on the following: 
‘‘(1) The number of calls placed to 911 that 
were diverted to the grantee’s unarmed mobile crisis 
response program. 
‘‘(2) Demographic information on the individ-
uals served by the grantee’s unarmed mobile crisis 
response program, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, 
age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, location, 
mental illness, physical disabilities, developmental or 
intellectual disabilities, substance use disorders, and 
housing status. 
‘‘(3) The effects of the grantee’s unarmed mo-
bile crisis response program on emergency room vis-
its, hospitalizations, use of ambulances, and involve-
ment of law enforcement in mental health or sub-
stance use disorder crises. 
‘‘(4) An assessment of the types of events and 
crises to which the grantee’s unarmed mobile crisis 
response program responded and the services pro-
vided, including— 
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‘‘(A) the number of individuals successfully 
transferred to an alternative destination; 
‘‘(B) the time between notification by a 
public safety telecommunicator and arrival at 
the scene by a provider; and 
‘‘(C) the time spent by providers at scene. 
‘‘(5) A cost analysis of the grantee’s unarmed 
mobile crisis response program. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit to the Congress, on a biannual basis, a report on 
the program under this section, including a summary of 
the reports submitted by grantees pursuant to subsection 
(e). 
‘‘(g) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary may make 
grants to applicants that do not meet all of the criteria 
under subsection (b)(1), but applicants that do not meet 
all such criteria may not receive the full grant amount. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘alternative destination’— 
‘‘(A) means any service- or care-providing 
site other than a hospital emergency depart-
ment or jail; and 
‘‘(B) includes an outpatient clinic, primary 
care provider’s office, crisis apartment, crisis 
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home, respite home, crisis stabilization center, 
urgent care facility, and community care center. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘nonviolent emergency call’ 
means a 911 call that— 
‘‘(A) relates to mental health, homeless-
ness, addiction problems, social services, tru-
ancy, intellectual and developmental disabilities, 
or public intoxication; and 
‘‘(B) does not involve obvious violent be-
havior. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘unarmed professional service 
provider’ means a professional (which may include a 
nurse, social worker, emergency medical technician, 
counselor, community health worker, trauma-in-
formed personnel, social service provider, substance 
use disorder professional, or peer support specialist) 
who— 
‘‘(A) is trained to deal with mental health 
or substance abuse crises or intellectual and de-
velopmental disabilities; and 
‘‘(B) does not carry a firearm. 
‘‘(i) NONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in the United 
States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, 
religion, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation 
and gender identity), or disability, be excluded from par-
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ticipation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to 
discrimination under any program or activity funded, in 
whole or in part, with funds made available under this sec-
tion.’’. 
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