SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to strength community po-
licing programs to— 
(1) de-escalate interactions with law enforce-
ment officers to achieve better outcomes for non-vio-
lent individuals experiencing crisis or trauma relat-
ing to mental health issues, poverty, homelessness, 
and substance use disorders; 
(2) build collaborative partnerships to connect 
individuals with mental health services and commu-
nity resources; and 
(3) produce better outcomes for communities 
and law enforcement officers by delivering the ap-
propriate treatment and other support services to in-
dividuals in need. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USES OF COPS FUNDS. 
Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (22) and (23) 
as paragraphs (25) and (26), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (21) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(22) to establish or expand a mobile crisis 
team program to— 
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‘‘(A) hire skilled mental health profes-
sionals and paramedics to— 
‘‘(i) respond to— 
‘‘(I) certain 911 dispatch calls at 
the request of law enforcement offi-
cers; and 
‘‘(II) community members re-
questing assistance directly; 
‘‘(ii) stabilize encounters between law 
enforcement officers and individuals expe-
riencing a mental or behavioral health cri-
sis; and 
‘‘(iii) assume responsibility for secur-
ing mental health services for individuals, 
including individuals in crisis who may 
need further evaluation and treatment; 
‘‘(B) 
train 
law 
enforcement 
officers 
partnering with mental health professionals and 
paramedics; 
‘‘(C) use a mobile unit to facilitate the re-
sponse of law enforcement officers and mental 
health professionals and paramedics to commu-
nity members experiencing a mental or behav-
ioral health crisis; and 
‘‘(D) hire other personnel; 
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‘‘(23) to establish or expand a co-responder 
program under which— 
‘‘(A) a trained law enforcement officer is 
paired with a behavioral health clinician or 
paramedic to— 
‘‘(i) de-escalate situations involving a 
mental health crisis; 
‘‘(ii) connect individuals with mental 
illness to appropriate services; and 
‘‘(iii) provide other effective and effi-
cient responses to individuals with mental 
illness; and 
‘‘(B) additional personnel, including law 
enforcement officers and case managers, may 
be hired; 
‘‘(24) to establish or expand a case manage-
ment and outreach team— 
‘‘(A) to follow up with individuals experi-
encing a mental or behavioral health crisis to— 
‘‘(i) connect those individuals with 
mental health services and community re-
sources; and 
‘‘(ii) help those individuals abide by 
treatment plans and meet other respon-
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sibilities, such as work, school, and train-
ing; 
‘‘(B) to develop specific solutions for, and 
provide support resources to, individuals who 
frequently use emergency services to reduce re-
peat interactions between the individuals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) and law enforce-
ment officers or mental health professionals and 
paramedics; and 
‘‘(C) which may be established as a part of 
a mobile crisis team program under paragraph 
(22), a co-responder program under paragraph 
(23), or an independent team;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (25), as redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘through (21)’’ and inserting ‘‘through 
(24)’’. 
Æ 
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