Title: Community Safety Act of 2019
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Community Safety Act of 2019
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants for technical assistance and training to improve responses to and reduce recidivism associated with people who have mental illnesses and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Additionally, the bill extends through FY2025 the mental health training grant program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4882 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4882

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to provide training to 
      improve police responses for people with mental illness and 
     intellectual and developmental disabilities, to increase the 
 authorization of appropriations for mental health awareness training 
                    grants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2019

  Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to provide training to 
      improve police responses for people with mental illness and 
     intellectual and developmental disabilities, to increase the 
 authorization of appropriations for mental health awareness training 
                    grants, 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 ``Community Safety Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. ACADEMIC-BASED TRAINING INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE POLICE RESPONSES 
              FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND INTELLECTUAL AND 
              DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

    (a) Authorization.--The Attorney General is authorized to make 
grants, in the form of cooperative agreements, to eligible entities to 
provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement and other 
criminal justice agencies and their behavioral health service partners 
to improve responses and reduce crime and recidivism associated with 
people who have mental illnesses and intellectual and developmental 
disabilities.
    (b) Eligible Entity Defined.--For purposes of this section, the 
term ``eligible entity'' means a public or private academic 
organization, a nonprofit academic organization (including a tribal 
nonprofit organization), and a public university or colleges (including 
a tribal institution of higher education).
    (c) Application.--An eligible entity seeking a grant under this 
section shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney 
General may reasonably require, including information demonstrating 
experience working in a law enforcement training environment and with 
local governments, law enforcement agencies, State and county mental 
and behavioral health systems, organizations serving people with mental 
illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities, and criminal 
justice systems.
    (d) Collaboration.--An eligible entity receiving a grant under this 
section shall collaborate with other recipients in order to better 
service the training needs of local communities.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $2,500,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2025.

SEC. 3. INCREASING AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR MENTAL 
              HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING GRANTS.

    Section 520J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-41) 
is amended by--
            (1) striking paragraph (7) of subsection (b); and
            (2) adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2025.''.
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