I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2645 
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
to improve mental health and substance abuse treatment by providing 
grants for justice system personnel training, treatment pograms, and 
diversion programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2007 
Mr. JEFFERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 to improve mental health and substance 
abuse treatment by providing grants for justice system 
personnel training, treatment pograms, and diversion 
programs, 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 ‘‘Judicial Initiative 
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Improve-
ment Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAINING OF JUSTICE SYSTEM PERSONNEL TO IM-
PROVE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE TREATMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5611 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART G—ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
‘‘SEC. 300A. GRANTS FOR TRAINING OF JUSTICE SYSTEM 
PERSONNEL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall make 
grants to State and local juvenile justice agencies in col-
laboration with State and local mental health agencies, for 
purposes of training the officers and employees of the 
State juvenile justice system (including employees of facili-
ties that are contracted for operation by State and local 
juvenile authorities) regarding appropriate access to men-
tal health and substance abuse treatment programs and 
services in the State for juveniles who come into contact 
with the State juvenile justice system who have mental 
health or substance abuse problems. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or local juvenile jus-
tice agency that receives a grant under this section may 
use the grant for purposes of— 
‘‘(1) providing cross-training, jointly with the 
public mental health system, for State juvenile court 
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judges, public defenders, and mental health and sub-
stance abuse agency representatives with respect to 
the appropriate use of effective, community-based al-
ternatives to juvenile justice or mental health system 
institutional placements; or 
‘‘(2) providing training for State juvenile proba-
tion officers and community mental health and sub-
stance abuse program representatives on appropriate 
linkages between probation programs and mental 
health community programs, specifically focusing on 
the identification of mental disorders and substance 
abuse addiction in juveniles on probation, effective 
treatment interventions for those disorders, and 
making appropriate contact with mental health and 
substance abuse case managers and programs in the 
community, in order to ensure that juveniles on pro-
bation receive appropriate access to mental health 
and substance abuse treatment programs and serv-
ices. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 
subsection (a), with respect to a year, the Adminis-
trator shall give priority to the following agencies de-
scribed in such subsection: 
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‘‘(A) Such an agency that is located in a 
rural or urban area identified by the Attorney 
General as having a high incidence of substance 
abuse among juveniles during the previous year. 
‘‘(B) A State juvenile justice agency, at 
least 50 percent of the population of which con-
sisted during the previous year of underrep-
resented minority individuals. 
‘‘(C) A State juvenile justice agency identi-
fied by the Attorney General as having a high 
level of recidivism during the previous year. 
‘‘(2) UNDERREPRESENTED
MINORITY
INDI-
VIDUAL
DEFINED.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1)(B), the term ‘underrepresented minority indi-
vidual’ means an individual who is a member of a 
racial or ethnic minority group, as defined by the 
United States census.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
299 of such title (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘PARTS C 
AND E’’ and inserting ‘‘PARTS C, E, AND G’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘parts C 
and E’’ and inserting ‘‘parts C, E, and G’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PART 
G.— 
‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated 
$90,000,000 from the Violent Crime Reduction 
Trust Fund for each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012 to carry out section 300A.’’. 
SEC. 3. BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR TREATMENT AND DI-
VERSION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part G of title II of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5611 et seq.), as added by section 2(a), is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 300B. GRANTS FOR STATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, shall make grants to partnerships between State and 
local juvenile justice agencies and State and local mental 
health authorities (or appropriate children service agencies 
identified by the Attorney General) in accordance with this 
section. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A partnership described in 
subsection (a) that receives a grant under this section 
shall use such grant for the establishment and implemen-
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tation of an eligible program under subsection (c) for juve-
niles who are confined (or have been confined) to juvenile 
correctional facilities, including facilities contracted for 
operation by State or local juvenile authorities, and who 
have mental health or substance abuse problems. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS.—For purposes of sub-
section (b), an eligible program under this subsection is 
either of the following: 
‘‘(1) DIVERSION.—A program that provides ap-
propriate diversion of juveniles described in sub-
section (b) from incarceration— 
‘‘(A) at the time such juveniles are in im-
minent risk of being taken into custody; 
‘‘(B) at the time such juveniles are initially 
taken into custody; 
‘‘(C) after such juveniles are charged with 
an offense or act of juvenile delinquency; 
‘‘(D) after such juveniles are adjudicated 
delinquent but prior to case disposition; and 
‘‘(E) after such juveniles are released from 
a juvenile facility, for the purposes of attending 
aftercare programs. 
‘‘(2) MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
TREATMENT.—A program that complies with at 
least one of the following requirements: 
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‘‘(A) 
SCREENING, 
ASSESSMENT, 
AND 
PLANNING.—The program has a screening, as-
sessment, and planning component that com-
plies with the following: 
‘‘(i) 
INITIAL
ASSESSMENT.—Initial 
mental health screening shall be completed 
for each juvenile offender immediately 
upon entering a juvenile correctional facil-
ity participating in the program. Such 
screening shall be conducted by qualified 
health and mental health professionals or 
by staff of the facility who have been 
trained by appropriately qualified health 
professionals, mental health professionals, 
and substance abuse professionals. In the 
case of a screening by staff of the facility, 
the screening results shall be reviewed by 
appropriately 
qualified 
health 
profes-
sionals, mental health professionals, and 
substance abuse professionals not later 
than 24 hours after the screening. 
‘‘(ii) COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT 
AND TREATMENT PLAN.—Each juvenile of-
fender entering a juvenile correctional fa-
cility participating in the program shall 
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have a comprehensive assessment con-
ducted and an individualized treatment 
plan written and implemented not later 
than two weeks after the date of such en-
trance. In the case of juvenile offenders in-
carcerated in secure facilities, such assess-
ment shall be conducted not later than one 
week after the date of entrance into such 
facility. Such assessments shall be com-
pleted by appropriately qualified health 
professionals, mental health professionals, 
and substance abuse professionals. 
‘‘(iii) ACUTE
MENTAL
ILLNESS.—A 
juvenile offender who at any time during 
the confinement of the juvenile offender in 
a juvenile correctional facility participating 
in the program suffers from an acute men-
tal disorder, who is suicidal, or who is in 
need of detoxification shall be placed in or 
immediately transferred to an appropriate 
medical or mental health facility. In the 
case that a juvenile offender is placed in or 
immediately transferred to a medical or 
mental health facility pursuant to this 
clause, such juvenile offender shall be re-
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leased from such medical or mental health 
facility and admitted to a secure correc-
tional facility only with written medical 
clearance from the medical or mental 
health facility. 
‘‘(iv) DISCHARGE PLAN.—Each juve-
nile offender confined to a juvenile correc-
tional facility participating in the program 
shall have a discharge plan prepared on 
the date on which the juvenile enters the 
facility in order to integrate the juvenile 
back into the family or the community of 
such juvenile offender. Such plan shall be 
updated in consultation with the family or 
guardian of such juvenile offender before 
the juvenile offender is released from the 
facility. A discharge plan shall provide for 
aftercare services for the juvenile offender. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT.—The program has a 
treatment component that complies with the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—If the need for 
treatment for a mental disorder, emotional 
disorder, or substance abuse is indicated 
by the assessment of a juvenile offender, 
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the juvenile offender shall be referred to or 
treated by an appropriately qualified 
health professional. A juvenile offender 
who, immediately prior to the date of en-
tering a juvenile correctional facility par-
ticipating in the program, was receiving 
treatment for a mental disorder, emotional 
disorder, or substance abuse shall have 
treatment continued at such facility. 
‘‘(ii) PERIOD.—A juvenile offender de-
scribed in clause (i) who receives treatment 
at the juvenile correctional facility involved 
shall continue to receive treatment at the 
facility until the date on which it is deter-
mined through mental health assessments 
that the juvenile offender is no longer in 
need of such treatment. Treatment plans 
shall be reevaluated at least once every 30 
days. 
‘‘(iii) MEDICATION.—Any juvenile of-
fender receiving psychotropic medications 
while in a juvenile correctional facility shall 
be under the care of a licensed psychia-
trist. Psychotropic medications shall be 
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monitored regularly by trained staff for 
their efficacy and side effects. 
‘‘(iv) 
SPECIALIZED
TREATMENT.— 
During the period in which a juvenile of-
fender is confined to a juvenile correctional 
facility, specialized treatment and services 
for a mental disorder, emotional disorder, 
or substance abuse shall be continually 
available to the juvenile offender if the ju-
venile offender— 
‘‘(I) has a history of mental 
health problems or treatment; 
‘‘(II) has a documented history 
of sexual abuse or offenses, as victim 
or as perpetrator; 
‘‘(III) has substance abuse prob-
lems, health problems, learning dis-
abilities, or histories of family abuse 
or violence; or 
‘‘(IV) has developmental disabil-
ities. 
‘‘(C) MEDICAL
AND
MENTAL
HEALTH 
EMERGENCIES.—With respect to each juvenile 
correctional facility participating in the pro-
gram— 
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‘‘(i) the correctional facility has writ-
ten policies and procedures on suicide pre-
vention; 
‘‘(ii) all staff of the correctional facil-
ity who are involved in the treatment of ju-
venile offenders are trained and certified 
annually in suicide prevention; 
‘‘(iii) the correctional facility has a 
written arrangement with a hospital or 
other facility for providing emergency med-
ical and mental health care to juveniles 
confined to the correctional facility; and 
‘‘(iv) physical and mental health serv-
ices are available at the correctional facility 
24 hours per day, 7 days per week to juve-
nile offenders who are confined to such fa-
cility. 
‘‘(D) CLASSIFICATION
OF
JUVENILES.— 
Each juvenile correctional facility participating 
in the program shall have a policy under 
which— 
‘‘(i) the correctional facility classifies 
and houses juvenile offenders in living 
units according to a plan that takes into 
consideration the age, gender, any special 
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medical or mental health condition, size, 
and vulnerability to victimization of, and 
type of offense committed by each juvenile 
offender; 
‘‘(ii) younger, smaller, weaker, and 
more vulnerable juvenile offenders (as de-
termined by mental health professionals) 
are not placed in housing units with older, 
more aggressive juvenile offenders; and 
‘‘(iii) juvenile offenders who are under 
13 years of age or who have serious med-
ical conditions or mental illnesses are not 
placed in paramilitary boot camps. 
‘‘(E) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
RECORDS.— 
Each juvenile correctional facility participating 
in the program shall treat mental health and 
substance abuse treatment records of juvenile 
offenders as confidential and take measures, in 
consultation with the State involved, to ensure 
that such records, to the greatest extent pos-
sible, are not required to be included with any 
records that such State would otherwise require 
to be routinely released to other correctional au-
thorities and school officials. 
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