(1) Individuals with disabilities are 2.5 times 
more likely to be victims of violent crime. 
(2) Individuals with disabilities are 3 times 
more likely to be victims of a serious crime. 
(3) Individuals with disabilities make up be-
tween one-third and one-half of all individuals killed 
by law enforcement officers. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) authorize the Secretary to award competi-
tive grants to nonprofit disability organizations to 
administer enhanced training programs to law en-
forcement officers who may encounter or provide 
services to covered individuals, including— 
(A) individuals with mental health disabil-
ities, including schizophrenia; 
(B) individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind, 
hard of hearing, or blind, are autistic, or have 
other intellectual or developmental disabilities; 
(C) older individuals with dementia or 
other cognitive impairments; or 
(D) individuals with any other disabilities 
or chronic health condition; 
(2) support, not replace, other specialized law 
enforcement officer training; and 
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(3)(A) increase the awareness, knowledge, and 
understanding of law enforcement officers about cov-
ered individuals and their unique needs and applica-
ble Federal civil rights laws; 
(B) reduce incidences of violence between law 
enforcement officers and covered individuals; 
(C) expand the knowledge of law enforcement 
officers, in areas such as the signs of disabilities, 
identifying people with disabilities, communicating 
with people with disabilities, and effective ways to 
approach covered individuals to minimize situations 
of risk to— 
(i) those individuals; and 
(ii) the law enforcement officers who inter-
vene or provide services to those individuals; 
and 
(D) increase the knowledge of law enforcement 
officers of community resources available for covered 
individuals to ultimately limit interactions with law 
enforcement officers. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED
GRANT.—The term ‘‘covered 
grant’’ means a grant awarded under section 5(a). 
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(2) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
individual’’ means— 
(A) an older individual; or 
(B) an individual with a disability. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit disability organization that 
has formed a partnership with a law enforcement 
agency or a consortium of law enforcement agencies 
to administer enhanced training programs to law en-
forcement officers of the agency or agencies on how 
to interact with covered individuals. 
(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(5) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 
‘‘individual with a disability’’ means any individual 
who has a disability, as defined in section 3 of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12102). 
(6) INITIAL
TRAINING
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘initial training program’’ means a mandatory train-
ing program offered to new law enforcement officers 
during their orientation under section 5(d)(1)(A). 
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(7) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means any officer, agent, 
or employee of a State, political subdivision of a 
State, or Indian Tribe— 
(A) authorized by law or by a government 
agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, 
detection, or investigation of any violation of 
criminal law; or 
(B) authorized by law to supervise sen-
tenced criminal offenders. 
(8) NONPROFIT DISABILITY ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘nonprofit disability organization’’ means 
a nonprofit organization— 
(A) that serves covered individuals; and 
(B)(i) that is operated by a board of which 
the majority of members are covered individ-
uals; 
(ii) that has an advisory panel of which the 
majority of members are covered individuals; or 
(iii) the majority of the employees of which 
are covered individuals. 
(9) OLDER INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘older indi-
vidual’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3002). 
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(10) PARTNER ACADEMY.—The term ‘‘partner 
academy’’, with respect to an eligible entity that re-
ceives a covered grant, means a law enforcement 
training academy with which the eligible entity part-
ners to administer an initial training program, as 
described in section 5(b)(1). 
(11) PARTNER
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘partner 
agency’’, with respect to an eligible entity that re-
ceives a covered grant, means the law enforcement 
agency with which the eligible entity partners, or 
that is a member of a consortium with which the eli-
gible entity partners, to administer enhanced train-
ing programs to law enforcement officers of the 
agency on how to interact with covered individuals. 
(12) REFRESHER
TRAINING
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘refresher training program’’ means a training 
program offered to existing law enforcement officers 
under section 5(d)(1)(B). 
(13) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 5. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award com-
petitive grants to nonprofit disability organizations to ad-
minister enhanced training programs to law enforcement 
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officers who may encounter or provide services to covered 
individuals. 
(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a cov-
ered grant shall submit to the Secretary an application 
that— 
(1)(A) identifies a law enforcement training 
academy with which the eligible entity will partner 
to administer an initial training program; and 
(B) includes a memorandum of understanding 
entered into between the eligible entity and the law 
enforcement training academy; 
(2) describes the training program curriculum, 
which shall include training on how to interact with, 
identify, approach, and communicate with covered 
individuals that is provided, as of the date of sub-
mission of the application— 
(A) by the partner academy to new law en-
forcement officers; or 
(B) by any partner agency to existing law 
enforcement officers; 
(3) describes the learning objectives of the 
training programs that the eligible entity will admin-
ister using the grant; 
(4) describes the activities that will be carried 
out under the grant; 
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