(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply beginning with respect 
to the third contract year for chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code, that begins on or after the date 
that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 4. BUILDING THE CRISIS CONTINUUM INFRASTRUC-
TURE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH 
BLOCK GRANT.—Section 1920 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–9) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) SUPPORT FOR CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES IN-
FRASTRUCTURE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
made available under subsection (a), there are au-
thorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 
2024, for purposes of supporting the infrastructure 
needed to provide crisis response services (as defined 
in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act) in the 
States, which may include training and continuing 
education, and administrative expenses with respect 
to the provision of such services. 
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‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—Each fiscal year for which 
amounts are appropriated under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall allot to each State that receives a 
grant under section 1911 for the fiscal year an 
amount that bears the same relationship to the total 
amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for the 
fiscal year that the amount received by the State 
under section 1911(a) for the fiscal year bears to 
the total amount appropriated under subsection (a) 
for the fiscal year.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall provide to States technical as-
sistance regarding the provision of crisis response services, 
as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x) (as amended by section 3), including 
guidance on how States may blend Medicaid funds avail-
able to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and funds available to States 
under the community mental health services block grant 
program under subpart I of part B of title XIX of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x et seq.) and 
the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant 
program under subpart II of part B of title XIX of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.) to provide such services. 
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(c) CLEARINGHOUSE
OF BEST PRACTICES.—The 
Secretary shall develop and maintain a publicly available 
clearinghouse of best practices for the successful operation 
of each segment of the system for providing crisis response 
services (as defined in section 1861(lll) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) (as amended by section 3)) 
and the integration of such best practices into the provi-
sion of such services. The clearinghouse shall be updated 
annually. 
SEC. 5. INCIDENT REPORTING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROTOCOL PANEL.—The 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with the 
Attorney General, shall convene a panel for the purposes 
of making recommendations for training and protocol for 
911 dispatchers to respond appropriately to individuals ex-
periencing a psychiatric crisis based on the characteristics 
of the incident and the needs of the caller. 
(b) PANELISTS.—The Secretary shall appoint individ-
uals to serve staggered 10-year terms on the panel estab-
lished under subsection (a). Such individuals shall in-
clude— 
(1) firefighters; 
(2) emergency medical services personnel; 
(3) law enforcement officers; 
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(4) 911 dispatchers; 
(5) representatives from each segment of the 
crisis response continuum, as described in section 2, 
including 988 dispatchers; 
(6) individuals who have received services under 
such crisis response continuum, including individuals 
under the age of 18 and members of underserved 
communities; and 
(7) other individuals, as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) 
TOPICS.—In 
issuing 
recommendations 
under this section, the panel shall consider— 
(A) connecting 911 callers to crisis care 
services instead of responding with law enforce-
ment officers; 
(B) integrating the 988 system into the 
911 system, or transferring calls from the 911 
system to the 988 system as appropriate; and 
(C) a process for identifying 911 callers 
who are in mental health distress and evalu-
ating the level of need of such callers, as de-
fined by standardized assessment tools such as 
the Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) 
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and the Child and Adolescent Level of Care 
Utilization System (CALOCUS). 
(2) UPDATES.—The panel shall update rec-
ommendations issued under this section not less fre-
quently than every 5 years. 
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