I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1853 
To authorize the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of 
the National Institute of Mental Health, to carry out a pilot program 
in correctional facilities in order to provide mental health services and 
other social services to eligible individuals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 3, 2017 
Mr. CROWLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to 
carry out a pilot program in correctional facilities in 
order to provide mental health services and other social 
services to eligible individuals, 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 ‘‘Kalief Browder Re-
entry Success Act of 2017’’ or ‘‘Kalief’s Law’’. 
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SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTHCARE PILOT PROGRAM FOR PRIS-
ONERS UPON RELEASE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Director of the National Institute of 
Mental Health, shall carry out a pilot program in not more 
than 5 correctional facilities owned and operated by the 
Bureau of Prisons and not more than 5 correctional facili-
ties owned or operated by a State or local department of 
corrections in order to provide mental health services and 
other social services to eligible individuals in accordance 
with subsection (b). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.— 
The head of a correctional facility that is participating in 
the pilot program under this section shall enter into a con-
tract with a provider of mental health services and pro-
viders of other social services in order to provide, for eligi-
ble individuals, the following: 
(1) A comprehensive screening of the individ-
ual’s mental health prior to the individual’s release 
from custody. 
(2) Upon release from a correctional facility, 
access to mental health services and other social 
services, including measures to facilitate the individ-
ual’s access to— 
(A) evidence-based psychosocial interven-
tions; 
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(B) necessary psychiatric medications, in-
cluding re-evaluation by a psychiatrist who may 
prescribe medications that are different than 
those eligible individuals received in a correc-
tional setting; 
(C) the individual’s medical records from 
the correctional facility; and 
(D) services to assist the individual in ob-
taining housing, employment, and personal 
records, including records which may be re-
quired to obtain a personal identification card. 
(c) APPLICATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITIES.—The head of a State or local depart-
ment of corrections seeking to participate in the pilot pro-
gram under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen-
eral an application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Attorney General may rea-
sonably require, including a plan to provide the services 
described in subsection (b). 
(d) FEDERAL PRISONS.—The Attorney General, in 
consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, 
shall select the 5 Federal correctional facilities to partici-
pate in the pilot program under this section. 
(e) PRIORITY.—In determining which correctional fa-
cilities to select for the pilot program under this section, 
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the Attorney General shall give priority to correctional fa-
cilities at which— 
(1) a high percentage of prisoners spend time 
in restrictive housing; or 
(2) there is a high percentage of recidivism and 
reincarceration among individuals recently released 
from that correctional facility. 
(f) INCLUSION
OF MALE
AND FEMALE CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITIES.—At least one correctional facility 
participating in the pilot program shall be a correctional 
facility at which only females are incarcerated, and at least 
one correctional facility participating in the pilot program 
shall be a correctional facility at which only males are in-
carcerated. 
(g) CERTAIN
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES
INELI-
GIBLE.—A correctional facility which is owned or operated 
by a private company with which a State, unit of local 
government, or the Bureau of Prisons has a contract is 
ineligible to participate in the pilot program under this 
section. 
(h) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi-
nate on the date which is 2 years after the funds to carry 
out the pilot program are distributed to the correctional 
facilities participating in the pilot program. 
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(i) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the conclu-
sion of the pilot program under this section, the Attorney 
General, in consultation with the Director of the National 
Institute of Mental Health, shall submit to Congress a re-
port that contains the following information: 
(1) Demographics of the eligible individuals who 
used the mental health services and other social 
services made available under the pilot program, in-
cluding information relating to race, ethnicity, age, 
types of disability, and gender. 
(2) A description of the conditions at the cor-
rectional facilities participating in the pilot program, 
including information relating to the use and dura-
tion of restrictive housing. 
(3) Relating to the group of individuals de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
(A) employment and earning statistics; 
(B) information relating to housing and 
homelessness rates; 
(C) statistics relating to education levels; 
(D) mental health treatment utilization 
and adherence, and mental health outcomes; 
(E) statistics relating to recidivism; and 
(F) statistics relating to reincarceration. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘eligible individual’’ means an in-
dividual who is serving a term of imprisonment or 
who is detained pending trial, and who has been or-
dered to be released from incarceration on a date 
that is not more than 180 days after the date on 
which the correctional facility at which the individual 
is incarcerated receives funds to carry out the pilot 
program under this section. 
(2) The term ‘‘restrictive housing’’ means any 
type of detention that involves— 
(A) removal from the general inmate popu-
lation, whether voluntary or involuntary; 
(B) placement in a locked room or cell, 
whether alone or with another inmate; and 
(C) inability to leave the room or cell for 
the vast majority of the day. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 to carry out 
the program under this section for each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2020. 
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