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substance abuse needs, and mental health needs 
of individuals; 
‘‘(B) initiatives to match the risk factors 
and needs of individuals to programs and prac-
tices associated with research-based, positive out-
comes; 
‘‘(C) implementing methods for identifying 
and treating individuals who are most likely to 
benefit from coordinated supervision and treat-
ment strategies, and identifying individuals who 
can do well with fewer interventions; and 
‘‘(D) collaborative decision-making among 
the heads of criminal justice agencies, mental 
health systems, judicial systems, substance abuse 
systems, and other relevant systems or agencies 
for determining how treatment and intensive su-
pervision services should be allocated in order to 
maximize benefits, and developing and utilizing 
capacity accordingly. 
‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A State, unit of local 
government, territory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency 
that receives a grant under this section shall, in accordance 
with subsection (b)(2), use grant funds for the expenses of 
a treatment program, including—
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‘‘(1) salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs, 
and other costs directly related to the operation of the 
program, including costs relating to enforcement; 
‘‘(2) payments for treatment providers that are 
approved by the State or Indian Tribe and licensed, 
if necessary, to provide needed treatment to program 
participants, including aftercare supervision, voca-
tional training, education, and job placement; and 
‘‘(3) payments to public and nonprofit private 
entities that are approved by the State or Indian 
Tribe and licensed, if necessary, to provide alcohol 
and drug addiction treatment to offenders partici-
pating in the program. 
‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 
non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available 
for programs described in this section. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a 
grant made under this section may not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total costs of the program described in an 
application under subsection (e). 
‘‘(e) APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant under this 
section, a State, unit of local government, territory, Indian 
Tribe, or nonprofit agency shall submit an application to
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the Attorney General in such form and containing such in-
formation as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 
‘‘(f) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the distribu-
tion of grants under this section is equitable and includes— 
‘‘(1) each State; and 
‘‘(2) a unit of local government, territory, In-
dian Tribe, or nonprofit agency— 
‘‘(A) in each State; and 
‘‘(B) in rural, suburban, Tribal, and urban 
jurisdictions. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.—For each fiscal 
year, each grantee under this section during that fiscal year 
shall submit to the Attorney General a report on the effec-
tiveness of activities carried out using such grant. Each re-
port shall include an evaluation in such form and con-
taining such information as the Attorney General may rea-
sonably require. The Attorney General shall specify the 
dates on which such reports shall be submitted. 
‘‘(h) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be subject to the following accountability provi-
sions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding
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in the final audit report of the Inspector General 
of the Department of Justice under subpara-
graph (C) that the audited grantee has used 
grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 
otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or 
resolved within 1 year after the date on which 
final audit report is issued. 
‘‘(B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Jus-
tice shall conduct audits of grantees under this 
section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 
funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 
determine the appropriate number of grantees to 
be audited each year. 
‘‘(C) FINAL AUDIT REPORT.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Justice shall sub-
mit to the Attorney General a final report on 
each audit conducted under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(D) MANDATORY
EXCLUSION.—Grantees 
under this section about which there is an unre-
solved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section during the 2 fis-
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cal years beginning after the end of the 1-year 
period described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) PRIORITY.—In making grants under 
this section, the Attorney General shall give pri-
ority to applicants that did not have an unre-
solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years be-
fore submitting an application for a grant under 
this section. 
‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity re-
ceives a grant under this section during the 2- 
fiscal-year period during which the entity is pro-
hibited from receiving grants under subpara-
graph (D), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant that was improperly 
awarded to the grantee into the General 
Fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment under clause (i) from the grantee 
that was erroneously awarded grant funds. 
‘‘(2) NONPROFIT AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph and the grant program under this 
section, the term ‘nonprofit agency’ means an or-
ganization that is described in section 501(c)(3)
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of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
501(c)(3)) and is exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(a)). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 
may not award a grant under this section to a 
nonprofit agency that holds money in an offshore 
account for the purpose of avoiding paying the 
tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 511(a)). 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit agency 
that is awarded a grant under this section and 
uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to 
create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness 
for the compensation of its officers, directors, 
trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the 
Attorney General, in the application for the 
grant, the process for determining such com-
pensation, including the independent persons in-
volved in reviewing and approving such com-
pensation, the comparability data used, and con-
temporaneous substantiation of the deliberation 
and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General 
shall make the information disclosed under this 
subparagraph available for public inspection.
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‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Not more than $20,000 
of the amounts made available to the Depart-
ment of Justice to carry out this section may be 
used by the Attorney General, or by any indi-
vidual or entity awarded a grant under this sec-
tion to host, or make any expenditures relating 
to, a conference unless the Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral provides prior written authorization that 
the funds may be expended to host the conference 
or make such expenditure. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the 
conference, including the cost of all food, bev-
erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives on all conference expenditures ap-
proved under this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment
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of this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives an annual cer-
tification— 
‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
‘‘(i) all final audit reports issued by 
the Office of the Inspector General under 
paragraph (1) have been completed and re-
viewed by the appropriate Assistant Attor-
ney General or Director; 
‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(D) have been issued; 
and 
‘‘(iii) any reimbursements required 
under paragraph (1)(F) have been made; 
and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grantees ex-
cluded under paragraph (1)(D) from the pre-
vious year. 
‘‘(i) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney General 
awards a grant to an applicant under this section, 
the Attorney General shall compare the possible grant
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with any other grants awarded to the applicant 
under this Act to determine whether the grants are for 
the same purpose. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 
multiple grants to the same applicant for the same 
purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, 
including the total dollar amount of any such 
grants awarded; and 
‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 
SEC. 14005. FORENSIC ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT 
INITIATIVES. 
Section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (o); 
and 
(2) inserting after subsection (i) the following: 
‘‘(j) FORENSIC ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT 
(FACT) INITIATIVE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
make grants to States, units of local government, ter-
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ritories, Indian Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any 
combination thereof, to develop, implement, or expand 
Assertive Community Treatment initiatives to develop 
forensic assertive community treatment (referred to in 
this subsection as ‘FACT’) programs that provide 
high intensity services in the community for individ-
uals with mental illness with involvement in the 
criminal justice system to prevent future incarcer-
ations. 
‘‘(2) ALLOWABLE USES.—Grant funds awarded 
under this subsection may be used for— 
‘‘(A) multidisciplinary team initiatives for 
individuals with mental illnesses with criminal 
justice involvement that address criminal justice 
involvement as part of treatment protocols; 
‘‘(B) FACT programs that involve mental 
health professionals, criminal justice agencies, 
chemical dependency specialists, nurses, psychia-
trists, vocational specialists, forensic peer spe-
cialists, forensic specialists, and dedicated ad-
ministrative support staff who work together to 
provide recovery oriented, 24/7 wraparound serv-
ices; 
‘‘(C) services such as integrated evidence- 
based practices for the treatment of co-occurring
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mental health and substance-related disorders, 
assertive outreach and engagement, community- 
based service provision at participants’ residence 
or in the community, psychiatric rehabilitation, 
recovery oriented services, services to address 
criminogenic risk factors, and community ten-
ure; 
‘‘(D) payments for treatment providers that 
are approved by the State or Indian Tribe and 
licensed, if necessary, to provide needed treat-
ment to eligible offenders participating in the 
program, including behavioral health services 
and aftercare supervision; and 
‘‘(E) training for all FACT teams to pro-
mote high-fidelity practice principles and tech-
nical assistance to support effective and con-
tinuing integration with criminal justice agency 
partners. 
‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Grants 
made under this subsection shall be used to supple-
ment, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that 
would otherwise be available for programs described 
in this subsection. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.—To request a grant under 
this subsection, a State, unit of local government, ter-
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ritory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency shall submit 
an application to the Attorney General in such form 
and containing such information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require.’’. 
SEC. 14006. ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING 
OUT OF SYSTEMS. 
Section 2976(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(f)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) provide mental health treatment and transi-
tional services for those with mental illnesses or with 
co-occurring disorders, including housing placement 
or assistance; and’’. 
SEC. 14007. CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MEN-
TAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN DRUG COURTS. 
Part EE of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) 
in 
section 
2951(a)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
3797u(a)(1)), by inserting ‘‘, including co-occurring
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substance abuse and mental health problems,’’ after 
‘‘problems’’; and 
(2) in section 2959(a) (42 U.S.C. 3797u–8(a)), 
by inserting ‘‘, including training for drug court per-
sonnel and officials on identifying and addressing co- 
occurring substance abuse and mental health prob-
lems’’ after ‘‘part’’. 
SEC. 14008. MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR FEDERAL UNI-
FORMED SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, and the Secretary of Commerce shall 
provide the following to each of the uniformed services (as 
that term is defined in section 101 of title 10, United States 
Code) under their direction: 
(1) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Programs that offer 
specialized and comprehensive training in procedures 
to identify and respond appropriately to incidents in 
which the unique needs of individuals with mental ill-
nesses are involved. 
(2) IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY.—Computerized in-
formation systems or technological improvements to 
provide timely information to Federal law enforce-
ment personnel, other branches of the uniformed serv-
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ices, and criminal justice system personnel to improve 
the Federal response to mentally ill individuals. 
(3) COOPERATIVE
PROGRAMS.—The establish-
ment and expansion of cooperative efforts to promote 
public safety through the use of effective intervention 
with respect to mentally ill individuals encountered 
by members of the uniformed services. 
SEC. 14009. ADVANCING MENTAL HEALTH AS PART OF OF-
FENDER REENTRY. 
(a) REENTRY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 
2976(f) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(f)), as amended by 
section 14006, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘mental 
health services,’’ before ‘‘drug treatment’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) target offenders with histories of homeless-
ness, substance abuse, or mental illness, including a 
prerelease assessment of the housing status of the of-
fender and behavioral health needs of the offender 
with clear coordination with mental health, substance 
abuse, and homelessness services systems to achieve 
stable and permanent housing outcomes with appro-
priate support service.’’.
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(b) MENTORING GRANTS.—Section 211(b)(2) of the 
Second Chance Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17531(b)(2)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, including mental health care’’ after 
‘‘community’’. 
SEC. 14010. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVEN-
TION TEAMS. 
Section 2701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) The development and operation of crisis 
intervention teams that may include coordination 
with law enforcement agencies and specialized train-
ing for school officials in responding to mental health 
crises.’’. 
SEC. 14011. ACTIVE-SHOOTER TRAINING FOR LAW EN-
FORCEMENT. 
The Attorney General, as part of the Preventing Vio-
lence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Re-
silience and Survivability Initiative (VALOR) of the De-
partment of Justice, may provide safety training and tech-
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nical assistance to local law enforcement agencies, including 
active-shooter response training. 
SEC. 14012. CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MEN-
TAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN RESIDENTIAL 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. 
Section 1901(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) developing and implementing specialized 
residential substance abuse treatment programs that 
identify and provide appropriate treatment to in-
mates with co-occurring mental health and substance 
abuse disorders or challenges.’’. 
SEC. 14013. MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT AL-
TERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION PROGRAMS. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by striking 
part CC and inserting the following:
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‘‘PART CC—MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREAT-
MENT ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION 
PROGRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 2901. MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG TREATMENT AL-
TERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State, 
unit of local government, Indian tribe, or nonprofit 
organization; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible participant’ means an in-
dividual who— 
‘‘(A) comes into contact with the criminal 
justice system or is arrested or charged with an 
offense that is not— 
‘‘(i) a crime of violence, as defined 
under applicable State law or in section 
3156 of title 18, United States Code; or 
‘‘(ii) a serious drug offense, as defined 
in section 924(e)(2)(A) of title 18, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(B) has a history of, or a current— 
‘‘(i) substance use disorder; 
‘‘(ii) mental illness; or 
‘‘(iii) co-occurring mental illness and 
substance use disorder; and
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‘‘(C) has been approved for participation in 
a program funded under this section by the rel-
evant law enforcement agency, prosecuting attor-
ney, defense attorney, probation official, correc-
tions official, judge, representative of a mental 
health agency, or representative of a substance 
abuse agency, as required by law. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General 
may make grants to eligible entities to develop, implement, 
or expand a treatment alternative to incarceration program 
for eligible participants, including— 
‘‘(1) pre-booking treatment alternative to incar-
ceration programs, including— 
‘‘(A) law enforcement training on substance 
use disorders, mental illness, and co-occurring 
mental illness and substance use disorders; 
‘‘(B) receiving centers as alternatives to in-
carceration of eligible participants; 
‘‘(C) specialized response units for calls re-
lated to substance use disorders, mental illness, 
or co-occurring mental illness and substance use 
disorders; and 
‘‘(D) other arrest and pre-booking treatment 
alternatives to incarceration models; or
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‘‘(2) post-booking treatment alternative to incar-
ceration programs, including— 
‘‘(A) specialized clinical case management; 
‘‘(B) pre-trial services related to substances 
use disorders, mental illness, and co-occurring 
mental illness and substance use disorders; 
‘‘(C) prosecutor and defender based pro-
grams; 
‘‘(D) specialized probation; 
‘‘(E) treatment and rehabilitation pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(F) problem-solving courts, including men-
tal health courts, drug courts, co-occurring men-
tal health and substance abuse courts, DWI 
courts, and veterans treatment courts. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 
grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Attorney General— 
‘‘(A) that meets the criteria under para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(B) at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Attorney 
General may require.
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‘‘(2) ensure that each substance abuse and men-
tal health treatment component is licensed and quali-
fied by the relevant jurisdiction; 
‘‘(3) for programs described in subsection (b)(2), 
organize an enforcement unit comprised of appro-
priately trained law enforcement professionals under 
the supervision of the State, Tribal, or local criminal 
justice agency involved, the duties of which shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) the verification of addresses and other 
contact information of each eligible participant 
who participates or desires to participate in the 
program; and 
‘‘(B) if necessary, the location, apprehen-
sion, arrest, and return to custody of an eligible 
participant in the program who has absconded 
from the facility of a treatment provider or has 
otherwise significantly violated the terms and 
conditions of the program, consistent with Fed-
eral and State confidentiality requirements; 
‘‘(4) notify the relevant criminal justice entity if 
any eligible participant in the program absconds 
from the facility of the treatment provider or other-
wise violates the terms and conditions of the program,
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consistent with Federal and State confidentiality re-
quirements; 
‘‘(5) submit periodic reports on the progress of 
treatment or other measured outcomes from participa-
tion in the program of each eligible participant in the 
program to the relevant State, Tribal, or local crimi-
nal justice agency, including mental health courts, 
drug courts, co-occurring mental health and substance 
abuse courts, DWI courts, and veterans treatment 
courts; 
‘‘(6) describe the evidence-based methodology and 
outcome measurements that will be used to evaluate 
the program, and specifically explain how such meas-
urements will provide valid measures of the impact of 
the program; and 
‘‘(7) describe how the program could be broadly 
replicated if demonstrated to be effective. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall use a 
grant received under this section for expenses of a treatment 
alternative to incarceration program, including— 
‘‘(1) salaries, personnel costs, equipment costs, 
and other costs directly related to the operation of the 
program, including the enforcement unit; 
‘‘(2) payments for treatment providers that are 
approved by the relevant State or Tribal jurisdiction
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and licensed, if necessary, to provide needed treatment 
to eligible offenders participating in the program, in-
cluding aftercare supervision, vocational training, 
education, and job placement; and 
‘‘(3) payments to public and nonprofit private 
entities that are approved by the State or Tribal ju-
risdiction and licensed, if necessary, to provide alco-
hol and drug addiction treatment to eligible offenders 
participating in the program. 
‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—An eligible entity 
shall use Federal funds received under this section only to 
supplement the funds that would, in the absence of those 
Federal funds, be made available from other Federal and 
non-Federal sources for the activities described in this sec-
tion, and not to supplant those funds. The Federal share 
of a grant made under this section may not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total costs of the program described in an appli-
cation under subsection (d). 
‘‘(g) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the geo-
graphical distribution of grants under this section is equi-
table and includes a grant to an eligible entity in— 
‘‘(1) each State; 
‘‘(2) rural, suburban, and urban areas; and 
‘‘(3) Tribal jurisdictions.
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‘‘(h) REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.—Each fiscal year, 
each recipient of a grant under this section during that fis-
cal year shall submit to the Attorney General a report on 
the outcomes of activities carried out using that grant in 
such form, containing such information, and on such dates 
as the Attorney General shall specify. 
‘‘(i) ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the At-
torney General under this section shall be subject to the fol-
lowing accountability provisions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 
in the final audit report of the Inspector General 
of the Department of Justice that the audited 
grantee has utilized grant funds for an unau-
thorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable 
cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 
months from the date on which the final audit 
report is issued. 
‘‘(B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, and in each fiscal year there-
after, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 
grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud,
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and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector 
General shall determine the appropriate number 
of grantees to be audited each year. 
‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipient 
of grant funds under this section that is found 
to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be 
eligible to receive grant funds under this section 
during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the 
end of the 12-month period described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Attorney General shall give pri-
ority to eligible applicants that did not have an 
unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal 
years before submitting an application for a 
grant under this section. 
‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 
awarded grant funds under this section during 
the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity 
is barred from receiving grants under subpara-
graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant funds that were im-
properly awarded to the grantee into the 
General Fund of the Treasury; and
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‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment to the fund from the grant recipi-
ent that was erroneously awarded grant 
funds. 
‘‘(2) 
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph and the grant programs under this 
part, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an 
organization 
that 
is 
described 
in 
section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and is exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 
may not award a grant under this part to a 
nonprofit organization that holds money in off-
shore accounts for the purpose of avoiding pay-
ing the tax described in section 511(a) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organi-
zation that is awarded a grant under this section 
and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations 
to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonable-
ness for the compensation of its officers, direc-
tors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to
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the Attorney General, in the application for the 
grant, the process for determining such com-
pensation, including the independent persons in-
volved in reviewing and approving such com-
pensation, the comparability data used, and con-
temporaneous substantiation of the deliberation 
and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General 
shall make the information disclosed under this 
subparagraph available for public inspection. 
‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) 
LIMITATION.—No 
amounts 
made 
available to the Department of Justice under this 
section may be used by the Attorney General, or 
by any individual or entity awarded discre-
tionary funds through a cooperative agreement 
under this section, to host or support any ex-
penditure for conferences that uses more than 
$20,000 in funds made available by the Depart-
ment of Justice, unless the head of the relevant 
agency or department, provides prior written 
authorization that the funds may be expended to 
host the conference. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the
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conference, including the cost of all food, bev-
erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives on all conference expenditures ap-
proved under this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit, 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives, an annual cer-
tification— 
‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Office of 
the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 
have been completed and reviewed by the 
appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 
Director;
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‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 
and 
‘‘(iii) 
all 
reimbursements 
required 
under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 
and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re-
cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 
previous year. 
‘‘(5) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Before the Attorney 
General awards a grant to an applicant under 
this section, the Attorney General shall compare 
potential grant awards with other grants award-
ed under this Act to determine if duplicate grant 
awards are awarded for the same purpose. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—If the Attorney General 
awards duplicate grants to the same applicant 
for the same purpose the Attorney General shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives a report that in-
cludes—
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‘‘(i) a list of all duplicate grants 
awarded, including the total dollar amount 
of any duplicate grants awarded; and 
‘‘(ii) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 
SEC. 14014. NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL 
HEALTH TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Part HH of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2992. NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL 
HEALTH TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to eligible organizations to provide for the establish-
ment of a National Criminal Justice and Mental Health 
Training and Technical Assistance Center. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the term ‘eligible organization’ means a na-
tional nonprofit organization that provides technical assist-
ance and training to, and has special expertise and broad, 
national-level experience in, mental health, crisis interven-
tion, criminal justice systems, law enforcement, translating 
evidence into practice, training, and research, and edu-
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cation and support of people with mental illness and the 
families of such individuals. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Any organization that receives 
a grant under subsection (a) shall collaborate with other 
grant recipients to establish and operate a National Crimi-
nal Justice and Mental Health Training and Technical As-
sistance Center to— 
‘‘(1) provide law enforcement officer training re-
garding mental health and working with individuals 
with mental illnesses, with an emphasis on de-esca-
lation of encounters between law enforcement officers 
and those with mental disorders or in crisis, which 
shall include support the development of in-person 
and technical information exchanges between systems 
and the individuals working in those systems in sup-
port of the concepts identified in the training; 
‘‘(2) provide education, training, and technical 
assistance for States, Indian tribes, territories, units 
of local government, service providers, nonprofit orga-
nizations, probation or parole officers, prosecutors, 
defense attorneys, emergency response providers, and 
corrections institutions to advance practice and 
knowledge relating to mental health crisis and ap-
proaches to mental health and criminal justice across 
systems;
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‘‘(3) provide training and best practices to men-
tal health providers and criminal justice agencies re-
lating to diversion initiatives, jail and prison strate-
gies, reentry of individuals with mental illnesses into 
the community, and dispatch protocols and triage ca-
pabilities, including the establishment of learning 
sites; 
‘‘(4) develop suicide prevention and crisis inter-
vention training and technical assistance for criminal 
justice agencies; 
‘‘(5) develop a receiving center system and pilot 
strategy that provides, for a jurisdiction, a single 
point of entry into the mental health and substance 
abuse system for assessments and appropriate place-
ment of individuals experiencing a crisis; 
‘‘(6) collect data and best practices in mental 
health and criminal health and criminal justice ini-
tiatives and policies from grantees under this part, 
other recipients of grants under this section, Federal, 
State, and local agencies involved in the provision of 
mental health services, and nongovernmental organi-
zations involved in the provision of mental health 
services; 
‘‘(7) develop and disseminate to mental health 
providers and criminal justice agencies evaluation
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tools, mechanisms, and measures to better assess and 
document performance measures and outcomes relat-
ing to the provision of mental health services; 
‘‘(8) disseminate information to States, units of 
local government, criminal justice agencies, law en-
forcement agencies, and other relevant entities about 
best practices, policy standards, and research findings 
relating to the provision of mental health services; 
and 
‘‘(9) provide education and support to individ-
uals with mental illness involved with, or at risk of 
involvement with, the criminal justice system, includ-
ing the families of such individuals. 
‘‘(d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be subject to the following accountability provi-
sions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 
in the final audit report of the Inspector General 
of the Department of Justice under subpara-
graph (C) that the audited grantee has used 
grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or 
otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or
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resolved within 1 year after the date on which 
the final audit report is issued. 
‘‘(B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this section, and in each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Jus-
tice shall conduct audits of grantees under this 
section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of 
funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 
determine the appropriate number of grantees to 
be audited each year. 
‘‘(C) FINAL AUDIT REPORT.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Justice shall sub-
mit to the Attorney General a final report on 
each audit conducted under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(D) MANDATORY
EXCLUSION.—Grantees 
under this section about which there is an unre-
solved audit finding shall not be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section during the 2 fis-
cal years beginning after the end of the 1-year 
period described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) PRIORITY.—In making grants under 
this section, the Attorney General shall give pri-
ority to applicants that did not have an unre-
solved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years be-
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fore submitting an application for a grant under 
this section. 
‘‘(F) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity re-
ceives a grant under this section during the 2- 
fiscal-year period during which the entity is pro-
hibited from receiving grants under subpara-
graph (D), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 
amount of the grant that was improperly 
awarded to the grantee into the General 
Fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the re-
payment under clause (i) from the grantee 
that was erroneously awarded grant funds. 
‘‘(2) NONPROFIT AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph and the grant program under this 
section, the term ‘nonprofit agency’ means an or-
ganization that is described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
501(c)(3)) and is exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(a)). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General 
may not award a grant under this section to a
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nonprofit agency that holds money in an offshore 
account for the purpose of avoiding paying the 
tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 511(a)). 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit agency 
that is awarded a grant under this section and 
uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to 
create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness 
for the compensation of its officers, directors, 
trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the 
Attorney General, in the application for the 
grant, the process for determining such com-
pensation, including the independent persons in-
volved in reviewing and approving such com-
pensation, the comparability data used, and con-
temporaneous substantiation of the deliberation 
and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General 
shall make the information disclosed under this 
subparagraph available for public inspection. 
‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) 
LIMITATION.—No 
amounts 
made 
available to the Department of Justice under this 
section may be used by the Attorney General, or 
by any individual or entity awarded discre-
tionary funds through a cooperative agreement
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under this section, to host or support any ex-
penditure for conferences that uses more than 
$20,000 in funds made available by the Depart-
ment of Justice, unless the head of the relevant 
agency or department, provides prior written 
authorization that the funds may be expended to 
host the conference. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the 
conference, including the cost of all food, bev-
erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives on all conference expenditures ap-
proved under this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in the 
first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropria-
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tions of the House of Representatives an annual cer-
tification— 
‘‘(A) indicating whether— 
‘‘(i) all final audit reports issued by 
the Office of the Inspector General under 
paragraph (1) have been completed and re-
viewed by the appropriate Assistant Attor-
ney General or Director; 
‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
under paragraph (1)(D) have been issued; 
and 
‘‘(iii) any reimbursements required 
under paragraph (1)(F) have been made; 
and 
‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grantees ex-
cluded under paragraph (1)(D) from the pre-
vious year. 
‘‘(5) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Before the Attorney 
General awards a grant to an applicant under 
this section, the Attorney General shall compare 
potential grant awards with other grants award-
ed under this Act to determine if duplicate grant 
awards are awarded for the same purpose.
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‘‘(B) REPORT.—If the Attorney General 
awards duplicate grants to the same applicant 
for the same purpose the Attorney General shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives a report that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(i) a list of all duplicate grants 
awarded, including the total dollar amount 
of any duplicate grants awarded; and 
‘‘(ii) the reason the Attorney General 
awarded the duplicate grants.’’. 
SEC. 14015. IMPROVING DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DATA 
COLLECTION ON MENTAL ILLNESS INVOLVED 
IN CRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, on or after the date that is 90 days after the 
date on which the Attorney General promulgates regulations 
under subsection (b), any data prepared by, or submitted 
to, the Attorney General or the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation with respect to the incidences of homi-
cides, law enforcement officers killed, seriously injured, and 
assaulted, or individuals killed or seriously injured by law 
enforcement officers shall include data with respect to the 
involvement of mental illness in such incidences, if any.
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(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
promulgate or revise regulations as necessary to carry out 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 14016. REPORTS ON THE NUMBER OF MENTALLY ILL 
OFFENDERS IN PRISON. 
(a) REPORT ON THE COST OF TREATING THE MEN-
TALLY ILL IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.—Not later 
than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
Congress a report detailing the cost of imprisonment for 
individuals who have serious mental illness by the Federal 
Government or a State or unit of local government, which 
shall include— 
(1) the number and type of crimes committed by 
individuals with serious mental illness each year; and 
(2) detail strategies or ideas for preventing 
crimes by those individuals with serious mental ill-
ness from occurring. 
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the At-
torney General, in consultation with the Assistant Sec-
retary of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, shall 
define ‘‘serious mental illness’’ based on the ‘‘Health Care 
Reform for Americans with Severe Mental Illnesses: Report’’
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of the National Advisory Mental Health Council, American 
Journal of Psychiatry 1993; 150:1447–1465. 
SEC. 14017. CODIFICATION OF DUE PROCESS FOR DETER-
MINATIONS BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS 
OF 
MENTAL 
CAPACITY 
OF 
BENE-
FICIARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5501 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 5501A. Beneficiaries’ rights in mental competence 
determinations 
‘‘The Secretary may not make an adverse determina-
tion concerning the mental capacity of a beneficiary to 
manage monetary benefits paid to or for the beneficiary by 
the Secretary under this title unless such beneficiary has 
been provided all of the following, subject to the procedures 
and timelines prescribed by the Secretary for determina-
tions of incompetency: 
‘‘(1) Notice of the proposed adverse determina-
tion and the supporting evidence. 
‘‘(2) An opportunity to request a hearing. 
‘‘(3) An opportunity to present evidence, includ-
ing an opinion from a medical professional or other 
person, on the capacity of the beneficiary to manage
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monetary benefits paid to or for the beneficiary by the 
Secretary under this title. 
‘‘(4) An opportunity to be represented at no ex-
pense to the Government (including by counsel) at 
any such hearing and to bring a medical professional 
or other person to provide relevant testimony at any 
such hearing.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter 55 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 5501 the following new 
item: 
‘‘5501A. Beneficiaries’ rights in mental competence determinations’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 5501A of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply 
to determinations made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 14018. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (o) of section 2991 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa), 
as redesignated by section 14006, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘2009 
through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2017 through 2021’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Not more than 20 percent of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated under this section may
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be used for purposes described in subsection (i) (relating 
to veterans).’’. 
Subtitle B—Comprehensive Justice 
and Mental Health 
SEC. 14021. SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MODEL. 
Section 2991 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa), as amend-
ed by section 14005, is amended by inserting after sub-
section (j), the following: 
‘‘(k) SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘eligible entity’ means a State, unit of local govern-
ment, Indian tribe, or tribal organization. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General 
may make grants under this subsection to an eligible 
entity for sequential intercept mapping and imple-
mentation in accordance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MAPPING; IMPLE-
MENTATION.—An eligible entity that receives a grant 
under this subsection may use funds for— 
‘‘(A) sequential intercept mapping, which— 
‘‘(i) shall consist of— 
‘‘(I) convening mental health and 
criminal justice stakeholders to—
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‘‘(aa) develop a shared un-
derstanding of the flow of justice- 
involved individuals with mental 
illnesses through the criminal jus-
tice system; and 
‘‘(bb) identify opportunities 
for improved collaborative re-
sponses to the risks and needs of 
individuals 
described 
in 
item 
(aa); and 
‘‘(II) developing strategies to ad-
dress gaps in services and bring inno-
vative and effective programs to scale 
along multiple intercepts, including— 
‘‘(aa) emergency and crisis 
services; 
‘‘(bb) specialized police-based 
responses; 
‘‘(cc) court hearings and dis-
position alternatives; 
‘‘(dd) reentry from jails and 
prisons; and 
‘‘(ee) community supervision, 
treatment and support services; 
and
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‘‘(ii) may serve as a starting point for 
the development of strategic plans to achieve 
positive public health and safety outcomes; 
and 
‘‘(B) implementation, which shall— 
‘‘(i) be derived from the strategic plans 
described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) consist of— 
‘‘(I) hiring and training per-
sonnel; 
‘‘(II) identifying the eligible enti-
ty’s target population; 
‘‘(III) providing services and sup-
ports to reduce unnecessary penetra-
tion into the criminal justice system; 
‘‘(IV) reducing recidivism; 
‘‘(V) evaluating the impact of the 
eligible entity’s approach; and 
‘‘(VI) planning for the sustain-
ability of effective interventions.’’. 
SEC. 14022. PRISON AND JAILS. 
Section 2991 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amend-
ed by inserting after subsection (k), as added by section 
14021, the following:
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‘‘(l) 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 convicted 
by a criminal justice agency or a court. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INMATE.—The term ‘eligible 
inmate’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(i) is being held, detained, or incar-
cerated in a correctional facility; and 
‘‘(ii) manifests obvious signs of a men-
tal illness or has been diagnosed by a quali-
fied mental health professional as having a 
mental illness. 
‘‘(2) CORRECTIONAL FACILITY GRANTS.—The At-
torney General may award grants to applicants to 
enhance the capabilities of a correctional facility— 
‘‘(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
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‘‘(ii) appropriate treatment and serv-
ices that address the mental health and sub-
stance abuse needs of inmates; 
‘‘(C) to develop, implement, and enhance— 
‘‘(i) post-release transition plans for el-
igible 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 treatment 
services; and 
‘‘(iii) alternatives to solitary confine-
ment and segregated housing and mental 
health screening and treatment for inmates 
placed in solitary confinement or segregated 
housing; and 
‘‘(D) to train each employee of the correc-
tional facility to identify and appropriately re-
spond to incidents involving inmates with men-
tal health or co-occurring mental health and sub-
stance abuse disorders.’’. 
SEC. 14023. ALLOWABLE USES. 
Section 2991(b)(5)(I) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
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3797aa(b)(5)(I)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) TEAMS
ADDRESSING
FREQUENT 
USERS
OF
CRISIS
SERVICES.—Multidisci-
plinary teams that— 
‘‘(I) coordinate, implement, and 
administer community-based crisis re-
sponses and long-term plans for fre-
quent users of crisis services; 
‘‘(II) provide training on how to 
respond appropriately to the unique 
issues involving frequent users of crisis 
services for public service personnel, 
including 
criminal 
justice, 
mental 
health, substance abuse, emergency 
room, healthcare, law enforcement, cor-
rections, and housing personnel; 
‘‘(III) develop or support alter-
natives to hospital and jail admissions 
for frequent users of crisis services that 
provide treatment, stabilization, and 
other appropriate supports in the least 
restrictive, yet appropriate, environ-
ment; and
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‘‘(IV) develop protocols and sys-
tems among law enforcement, mental 
health, substance abuse, housing, cor-
rections, and emergency medical serv-
ice operations to provide coordinated 
assistance to frequent users of crisis 
services.’’. 
SEC. 14024. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. 
Section 2991(h) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol 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 sup-
port for academy curricula, law enforcement offi-
cer orientation programs, continuing education 
training, and other programs that teach law en-
forcement personnel how to identify and respond 
to incidents involving persons with mental 
health disorders or co-occurring mental health 
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
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personnel and members of the mental health and sub-
stance abuse professions develop and administer coop-
eratively.’’. 
SEC. 14025. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall provide direction and 
guidance for the following: 
(1) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Programs that offer 
specialized and comprehensive training, in procedures 
to identify and appropriately respond to incidents in 
which the unique needs of individuals who have a 
mental illness are involved, to first responders and 
tactical units of— 
(A) Federal law enforcement agencies; and 
(B) other Federal criminal justice agencies 
such as the Bureau of Prisons, the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts, and other 
agencies that the Attorney General determines 
appropriate. 
(2) IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY.—The establishment 
of, or improvement of existing, computerized informa-
tion systems to provide timely information to employ-
ees of Federal law enforcement agencies, and Federal 
criminal justice agencies to improve the response of
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such employees to situations involving individuals 
who have a mental illness. 
SEC. 14026. GAO REPORT. 
No later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in 
coordination with the Attorney General, shall submit to 
Congress a report on— 
(1) the practices that Federal first responders, 
tactical units, and corrections officers are trained to 
use in responding to individuals with mental illness; 
(2) procedures to identify and appropriately re-
spond to incidents in which the unique needs of indi-
viduals who have a mental illness are involved, to 
Federal first responders and tactical units; 
(3) the application of evidence-based practices in 
criminal justice settings to better address individuals 
with mental illnesses; and 
(4) recommendations on how the Department of 
Justice can expand and improve information sharing 
and dissemination of best practices. 
SEC. 14027. EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES. 
Section 2991(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa(c)) 
is amended—