Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.8166 | Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" (D-VA)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022
This bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2026 the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. The program provides state, local, and tribal grants to improve the criminal justice system's response to people with mental health disorders.
Among the modifications, the bill
Additionally, the bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the requirement for the Department of Justice to examine and report on the prevalence of mentally ill offenders in prisons and jails.

To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice and Mental Health 
Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 2991(b)(5) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651(b)(5)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``teams and 
                treatment accountability services for communities'' and 
                inserting ``teams, treatment accountability services 
                for communities, and training for State and local 
                prosecutors relating to diversion programming and 
                implementation'';
                    (B) in clause (v)--
                            (i) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(V) coordinate, implement, and 
                                administer models to address mental 
                                health calls that include specially 
                                trained officers and mental health 
                                crisis workers responding to those 
                                calls together.''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vi) Suicide prevention services.--Funds 
                        may be used to develop, promote, and implement 
                        comprehensive suicide prevention programs and 
                        services for incarcerated individuals that 
                        include ongoing risk assessment.
                            ``(vii) Case management services.--Funds 
                        may be used for case management services for 
                        preliminary qualified offenders and individuals 
                        who are released from any penal or correctional 
                        institution to--
                                    ``(I) reduce recidivism; and
                                    ``(II) assist those individuals 
                                with reentry into the community.
                            ``(viii) Enhancing community capacity and 
                        links to mental health care.--Funds may be used 
                        to support, administer, or develop treatment 
                        capacity and increase access to mental health 
                        care and substance use disorder services for 
                        preliminary qualified offenders and individuals 
                        who are released from any penal or correctional 
                        institution.
                            ``(ix) Implementing 988.--Funds may be used 
                        to support the efforts of State and local 
                        governments to implement and expand the 
                        integration of the 988 universal telephone 
                        number designated for the purpose of the 
                        national suicide prevention and mental health 
                        crisis hotline system under section 251(e)(4) 
                        of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
                        251(e)(4)), including by hiring staff to 
                        support the implementation and expansion.''; 
                        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(K) Teams addressing mental health calls.--With 
                respect to a multidisciplinary team described in 
                subparagraph (I)(v) that receives funds from a grant 
                under this section, the multidisciplinary team--
                            ``(i) shall, to the extent practicable, 
                        provide response capability 24 hours each day 
                        and 7 days each week to respond to crisis or 
                        mental health calls; and
                            ``(ii) may place a part of the team in a 
                        911 call center to facilitate the timely 
                        response to mental health crises.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2991(o)(1)(C) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10651(o)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``2017 through 2021'' and 
inserting ``2022 through 2026''.

SEC. 3. EXAMINATION AND REPORT ON PREVALENCE OF MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS.

    Section 5(d) of the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime 
Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-
416; 122 Stat. 4355) is amended by striking ``2009'' and inserting 
``each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026''.
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