‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—A grant under this 
section shall be in an amount that is not more than 
$1,000,000 for each of grant years 2013 through 
2017. The Secretary shall determine the amount of 
each such grant based on the population of children 
up to age 21 of the area to be served under the 
grant. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section, $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2017.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Part G of title V of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290hh et seq.), 
as amended by this section, is further amended by striking 
the part heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘PART G—SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH’’. 
SEC. 103. JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION. 
(a) ASSISTING VETERANS.— 
(1) REDESIGNATION.—Section 2991 of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by redesignating 
subsection (i) as subsection (l). 
(2) ASSISTING VETERANS.—Section 2991 of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
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1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by inserting 
after subsection (h) the following: 
‘‘(i) ASSISTING VETERANS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) PEER TO PEER SERVICES OR PRO-
GRAMS.—The term ‘peer to peer services or 
programs’ means services or programs that con-
nect qualified veterans with other veterans for 
the 
purpose 
of 
providing 
support 
and 
mentorship to assist qualified veterans in ob-
taining treatment, recovery, stabilization, or re-
habilitation. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
VETERAN.—The term 
‘qualified veteran’ means a preliminarily quali-
fied offender who— 
‘‘(i) has served on active duty in any 
branch of the Armed Forces, including the 
National Guard and reserve components; 
and 
‘‘(ii) was discharged or released from 
such service under conditions other than 
dishonorable. 
‘‘(C) VETERANS TREATMENT COURT PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘veterans treatment court 
program’ means a court program involving col-
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laboration among criminal justice, veterans, and 
mental health and substance abuse agencies 
that provides qualified veterans with— 
‘‘(i) intensive judicial supervision and 
case management, which may include ran-
dom and frequent drug testing where ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(ii) a full continuum of treatment 
services, including mental health services, 
substance abuse services, medical services, 
and services to address trauma; 
‘‘(iii) alternatives to incarceration; or 
‘‘(iv) other appropriate services, which 
may include housing, transportation, men-
toring, employment, job training, edu-
cation, and assistance in applying for and 
obtaining available benefits. 
‘‘(2) VETERANS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, may award grants under this sub-
section to applicants to establish or expand— 
‘‘(i) veterans treatment court pro-
grams; 
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‘‘(ii) peer to peer services or programs 
for qualified veterans; 
‘‘(iii) practices that identify and pro-
vide treatment, rehabilitation, legal, transi-
tional, and other appropriate services to 
qualified veterans who have been incarcer-
ated; and 
‘‘(iv) training programs to teach 
criminal justice, law enforcement, correc-
tions, mental health, and substance abuse 
personnel how to identify and appro-
priately respond to incidents involving 
qualified veterans. 
‘‘(B) 
PRIORITY.—In 
awarding 
grants 
under this subsection, the Attorney General 
shall give priority to applications that— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate collaboration be-
tween and joint investments by criminal 
justice, mental health, substance abuse, 
and veterans service agencies; 
‘‘(ii) promote effective strategies to 
identify and reduce the risk of harm to 
qualified veterans and public safety; and 
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‘‘(iii) propose interventions with em-
pirical support to improve outcomes for 
qualified veterans.’’. 
(b) CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.—Section 2991 of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by inserting after sub-
section (i), as so added by subsection (a), the following: 
‘‘(j) CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.—The term 
‘correctional facility’ means a jail, prison, or 
other detention facility used to house people 
who have been arrested, detained, held, or con-
victed by a criminal justice agency or a court. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INMATE.—The term ‘eligi-
ble inmate’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(i) is being held, detained, or incar-
cerated in a correctional facility; and 
‘‘(ii) manifests obvious signs of a 
mental illness or has been diagnosed by a 
qualified mental health professional as hav-
ing a mental illness. 
‘‘(2) CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY
GRANTS.—The 
Attorney General may award grants to applicants to 
enhance the capabilities of a correctional facility— 
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‘‘(A) to identify and screen for eligible in-
mates; 
‘‘(B) to plan and provide— 
‘‘(i) initial and periodic assessments of 
the clinical, medical, and social needs of in-
mates; and 
‘‘(ii) appropriate treatment and serv-
ices that address the mental health and 
substance abuse needs of inmates; 
‘‘(C) to develop, implement, and enhance— 
‘‘(i) post-release transition plans for 
eligible inmates that, in a comprehensive 
manner, coordinate health, housing, med-
ical, employment, and other appropriate 
services and public benefits; 
‘‘(ii) the availability of mental health 
care services and substance abuse treat-
ment services; and 
‘‘(iii) alternatives to solitary confine-
ment and segregated housing and mental 
health screening and treatment for inmates 
placed in solitary confinement or seg-
regated housing; and 
‘‘(D) to train each employee of the correc-
tional facility to identify and appropriately re-
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spond to incidents involving inmates with men-
tal health or co-occurring mental health and 
substance abuse disorders.’’. 
(c) HIGH UTILIZERS.—Section 2991 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797aa) is amended by inserting after subsection (j), as 
added by subsection (b), the following: 
‘‘(k) DEMONSTRATION GRANTS RESPONDING
TO 
HIGH UTILIZERS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘high utilizer’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) manifests obvious signs of mental ill-
ness or has been diagnosed by a qualified men-
tal health professional as having a mental ill-
ness; and 
‘‘(B) consumes a significantly dispropor-
tionate quantity of public resources, such as 
emergency, housing, judicial, corrections, and 
law enforcement services. 
‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION GRANTS RESPONDING TO 
HIGH UTILIZERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General 
may award not more than 6 grants per year 
under this subsection to applicants for the pur-
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pose of reducing the use of public services by 
high utilizers. 
‘‘(B) USE OF GRANTS.—A recipient of a 
grant awarded under this subsection may use 
the grant— 
‘‘(i) to develop or support multidisci-
plinary teams that coordinate, implement, 
and administer community-based crisis re-
sponses and long-term plans for high uti-
lizers; 
‘‘(ii) to provide training on how to re-
spond appropriately to the unique issues 
involving high utilizers for public service 
personnel, including criminal justice, men-
tal health, substance abuse, emergency 
room, healthcare, law enforcement, correc-
tions, and housing personnel; 
‘‘(iii) to develop or support alter-
natives to hospital and jail admissions for 
high utilizers that provide treatment, sta-
bilization, and other appropriate supports 
in the least restrictive, yet appropriate, en-
vironment; or 
‘‘(iv) to develop protocols and systems 
among law enforcement, mental health, 
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substance abuse, housing, corrections, and 
emergency medical service operations to 
provide coordinated assistance to high uti-
lizers. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than the last 
day of the first year following the fiscal year in 
which a grant is awarded under this subsection, 
the recipient of the grant shall submit to the 
Attorney General a report that— 
‘‘(i) measures the performance of the 
grant recipient in reducing the use of pub-
lic services by high utilizers; and 
‘‘(ii) provides a model set of practices, 
systems, or procedures that other jurisdic-
tions can adopt to reduce the use of public 
services by high utilizers.’’. 
(d) ACADEMY TRAINING.—Section 2991(h) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797aa(h)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(F) ACADEMY
TRAINING.—To provide 
support for academy curricula, law enforcement 
officer orientation programs, continuing edu-
cation training, and other programs that teach 
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law enforcement personnel how to identify and 
respond to incidents involving individuals with 
mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and 
substance abuse disorders.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The Attorney 
General, in awarding grants under this subsection, 
shall give priority to programs that law enforcement 
personnel and members of the mental health and 
substance abuse professions develop and administer 
cooperatively.’’. 
(e) EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES.—Section 2991(c) 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (6); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) propose interventions that have been 
shown by empirical evidence to reduce recidivism; 
‘‘(5) when appropriate, use validated assess-
ment tools to target preliminarily qualified offenders 
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with a moderate or high risk of recidivism and a 
need for treatment and services; or’’. 
(f) SAFE COMMUNITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2991(a) of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3797aa(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (9) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(9) PRELIMINARILY QUALIFIED OFFENDER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘prelimi-
narily qualified offender’ means an adult or ju-
venile accused of an offense who— 
‘‘(i)(I) previously or currently has 
been diagnosed by a qualified mental 
health professional as having a mental ill-
ness or co-occurring mental illness and 
substance abuse disorders; 
‘‘(II) manifests obvious signs of men-
tal illness or co-occurring mental illness 
and substance abuse disorders during ar-
rest or confinement or before any court; or 
‘‘(III) in the case of a veterans treat-
ment court provided under subsection (i), 
has been diagnosed with, or manifests ob-
vious signs of, mental illness or a sub-
stance abuse disorder or co-occurring men-
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tal illness and substance abuse disorder; 
and 
‘‘(ii) has been unanimously approved 
for participation in a program funded 
under this section by, when appropriate, 
the relevant— 
‘‘(I) prosecuting attorney; 
‘‘(II) defense attorney; 
‘‘(III) probation or corrections 
official; 
‘‘(IV) judge; and 
‘‘(V) a representative from the 
relevant mental health agency de-
scribed in subsection (b)(5)(B)(i). 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—In determining 
whether to designate an individual as a prelimi-
narily qualified offender, the relevant pros-
ecuting attorney, defense attorney, probation or 
corrections official, judge, and mental health or 
substance abuse agency representative shall 
take into account— 
‘‘(i) whether the participation of the 
individual in the program would pose a 
substantial risk of violence to the commu-
nity; 
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‘‘(ii) the criminal history of the indi-
vidual and the nature and severity of the 
offense for which the individual is charged; 
‘‘(iii) the views of any relevant victims 
to the offense; 
‘‘(iv) the extent to which the indi-
vidual would benefit from participation in 
the program; 
‘‘(v) the extent to which the commu-
nity would realize cost savings because of 
the individual’s participation in the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(vi) whether the individual satisfies 
the eligibility criteria for program partici-
pation unanimously established by the rel-
evant prosecuting attorney, defense attor-
ney, probation or corrections official, judge 
and mental health or substance abuse 
agency representative.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 2927(2) of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797s–6(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘has the mean-
ing given that term in section 2991(a).’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘means an offense that— 
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‘‘(A) does not have as an element the use, 
attempted use, or threatened use of physical 
force against the person or property of another; 
or 
‘‘(B) is not a felony that by its nature in-
volves a substantial risk that physical force 
against the person or property of another may 
be used in the course of committing the of-
fense.’’. 
(g) REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (l) of section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa), as re-
designated in subsection (a)(1), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2015 through 2019.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Not more than 20 percent 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated under 
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this section may be used for purposes described in 
subsection (i) (relating to veterans).’’. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING MENTAL 
HEALTH RESEARCH 
SEC. 201. RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO VIOLENCE. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in con-
sultation with the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health, shall expand and intensify research on self-di-
rected and other-directed violence associated with mental 
illness. 
TITLE 
III—UNDERSTANDING 
THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIO-
LENCE 
SEC. 301. NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, shall improve the National Violent Death 
Reporting System, as authorized by title III of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.), particularly 
through the expansion of the application of such system 
to include the 50 States. Participation in the system by 
the States shall be voluntary. 
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SEC. 302. REAFFIRMING CENTERS FOR DISEASE CON-
TROL’S AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 391 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘research 
relating to the causes, mechanisms, prevention, diag-
nosis, treatment of injuries, and rehabilitation from 
injuries;’’ and inserting ‘‘research, including data 
collection, relating to— 
‘‘(A) the causes, mechanisms, prevention, diag-
nosis, and treatment of injuries, including with re-
spect to gun violence; and 
‘‘(B) rehabilitation from such injuries;’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) NO ADVOCACY OR PROMOTION OF GUN CON-
TROL.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to— 
‘‘(1) authorize the Secretary to give assistance, 
make grants, or enter into cooperative agreements or 
contracts for the purpose of advocating or promoting 
gun control; or 
‘‘(2) permit a recipient of any assistance, grant, 
cooperative agreement, or contract under this section 
to use such assistance, grant, agreement, or contract 
for the purpose of advocating or promoting gun con-
trol.’’. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
394A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b– 
3) is amended by striking ‘‘authorized to be appropriated’’ 
and all that follows through the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’. 
SEC. 303. PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL DOCTOR-PATIENT 
RELATIONSHIP. 
Section 2717(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300gg–17(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Notwith-
standing the previous provisions of this subsection, 
none of the authorities provided to the Secretary 
under this subsection, Public Law 111–148, or an 
amendment made by such Public Law shall be con-
strued to prohibit a physician or other health care 
provider from— 
‘‘(A) asking a patient about the ownership, 
possession, use, or storage of a firearm or am-
munition in the home of such patient; 
‘‘(B) speaking to a patient about gun safe-
ty; or 
‘‘(C) reporting to the authorities a pa-
tient’s threat of violence.’’. 
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