I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3501 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize a grant program for law enforcement agencies and corrections 
agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis response training for law 
enforcement officers and corrections officers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2023 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mrs. BICE, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. 
LANDSMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program for law en-
forcement agencies and corrections agencies to obtain 
behavioral health crisis response training for law enforce-
ment officers and corrections officers, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Law Enforcement 
Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Law enforcement and corrections officers 
routinely respond to emergencies involving individ-
uals suffering from a mental health crisis. 
(2) Recent statistics have shown that as many 
as— 
(A) 1 in every 10 calls for police response 
involve a person suffering from a mental illness; 
(B) 1 in every 4 people killed by police suf-
fer from a mental health problem; and 
(C) 1 in 3 people transported to a hospital 
emergency room for psychiatric reasons are 
taken by the police. 
(3) Law enforcement response calls to individ-
uals suffering from substance use disorder have in-
creased during the current opioid epidemic. 
(4) There is a need to ensure that law enforce-
ment officers have access to proper evidence-based 
training in responding to mental health crises. 
(5) Proper training for response to individuals 
suffering from a mental health crisis can better pro-
tect the safety of the general public and law enforce-
ment officers. 
(6) Law enforcement and corrections officers in 
the United States can better serve their communities 
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if the officers receive training to effectively and safe-
ly resolve the mental health crises. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
grants to State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies 
and corrections agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis 
response training for law enforcement officers and correc-
tions officers to— 
(1) better train law enforcement officers and 
corrections officers to resolve behavioral health crisis 
situations; 
(2) reduce the number of law enforcement offi-
cers and corrections officers killed or injured while 
responding to a behavioral health crisis; and 
(3) reduce the number of individuals killed or 
injured during a behavioral health crisis in which a 
law enforcement officer or corrections officer re-
sponds. 
SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR MENTAL 
HEALTH CRISIS GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 506 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10157) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) Of the total amount made available to carry out 
this subpart for a fiscal year, the Attorney General may 
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reserve not more than $10,000,000 to carry out the pro-
gram under section 509.’’. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
FOR MENTAL 
HEALTH CRISIS GRANT PROGRAM.—Subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 510. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR MENTAL 
HEALTH CRISIS GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Attorney General is author-
ized to award grants to applicants for— 
‘‘(1) law enforcement officers or corrections of-
ficers to receive training from a program; and 
‘‘(2) the cost of transportation and lodging as-
sociated with law enforcement officers or corrections 
officers attending such program. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM STANDARDS.—The Attorney General 
shall establish and publish qualification standards for or-
ganizations that provide programs. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—The head of an applicant shall 
submit to the Attorney General an application that— 
‘‘(1) shall include— 
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‘‘(A) a statement describing the program 
the law enforcement officers or corrections offi-
cers will complete; 
‘‘(B) the total number of law enforcement 
officers or corrections officers in the agency; 
‘‘(C) the number of law enforcement offi-
cers or corrections officers of the agency that 
have been killed, or seriously injured while re-
sponding to a behavioral health crisis during 
the 5-year period preceding the date of the ap-
plication; and 
‘‘(D) whether the law enforcement officers 
or corrections officers employed by the agency 
receive any behavioral health crisis response 
training, including during basic officer training; 
and 
‘‘(2) in addition to the information required 
under paragraph (1), may, at the option of the ap-
plicant, include information relating to— 
‘‘(A) recent incidents involving officers of 
the agency during which behavioral health crisis 
response training could have played a role in 
protecting the safety of— 
‘‘(i) the law enforcement officer or the 
public, including the persons or persons 
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the law enforcement officers encountered; 
or 
‘‘(ii) the corrections officer or inmates 
at the correctional facility; and 
‘‘(B) estimated cost of attendance of a pro-
gram per officer. 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SUPPLEMENTAL
FUNDS.—Grant funds 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 
State, local, and Tribal funds made available to any 
applicant for any of the purposes described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 
3 percent of any grant made under this section may 
be used for administrative costs. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS AND RECORDS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTS.—For each year during which 
grant funds are used, the recipient shall submit to 
the Attorney General a report containing— 
‘‘(A) a summary of any activity carried out 
using grant funds; 
‘‘(B) the number of officers that received 
training using grant funds; and 
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‘‘(C) any other information relevant to the 
purpose of this Act that the Attorney General 
may determine appropriate. 
‘‘(2) RECORDS.—For the purpose of an audit 
by the Attorney General of the receipt and use of 
grant funds, a recipient shall— 
‘‘(A) keep— 
‘‘(i) any record relating to the receipt 
and use of grant funds; and 
‘‘(ii) any other record as the Attorney 
General may require; and 
‘‘(B) make the records described in sub-
paragraph (A) available to the Attorney General 
upon request by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means 
a law enforcement agency or corrections agency that 
applies for a grant under this section. 
‘‘(2) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The term ‘Attor-
ney General’ means the Attorney General, acting 
through the Assistant Attorney General for the Of-
fice of Justice Programs. 
‘‘(3) GRANT FUNDS.—The term ‘grant funds’ 
means funds from a grant awarded under this sec-
tion. 
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‘‘(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 
‘law enforcement agency’ means an agency of a 
State or unit of local government that is authorized 
by law or by a government agency to engage in or 
supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 
prosecution of any violation of criminal law. 
‘‘(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means a 
program or class that— 
‘‘(A) provides instructional training to law 
enforcement officers or corrections officers for 
response to a behavioral health crisis, including 
response to people suspected to be under the in-
fluence of a drug or psychoactive substance, 
and response to circumstances in which a per-
son is suspected to be suicidal or suffering from 
a mental illness; 
‘‘(B) includes training on techniques and 
strategies designed to protect— 
‘‘(i) the health and safety of law en-
forcement officers and the public, including 
the person or persons a law enforcement 
officer encounters during a behavioral 
health crisis response; or 
‘‘(ii) the health and safety of correc-
tions officers and inmates at the correc-
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tional facility, including the inmate a cor-
rections officer encounters during a behav-
ioral health crisis response, or in the nor-
mal course of business of interactions with 
the inmate; and 
‘‘(C) is developed in conjunction with 
healthcare professionals to provide crisis inter-
vention training focused on understanding men-
tal and behavioral health, developing empathy, 
navigating community resources, de-escalation 
skills, and practical application training for offi-
cers. 
‘‘(6) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means 
an applicant that receives a grant under this sec-
tion.’’. 
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