Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020
PL 116-281 (S.3312), enacted 12/31/2020

[116th Congress Public Law 281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-281
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To establish a crisis stabilization and community reentry grant program, 
      and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 31, 2020 -  [S. 3312]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Crisis 
Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020. 34 USC 10101 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crisis Stabilization and Community 
Reentry Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS STABILIZATION.

    (a) Planning and Implementation Grants.--Title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after part NN the following:

     ``PART OO--CRISIS STABILIZATION AND COMMUNITY REENTRY PROGRAM.

``SEC. 3051. <<NOTE: 34 USC 10751.>>  GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

    ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General may make grants under this 
part to States, Indian Tribes, units of local government, and community-
based nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing clinical 
services for people with serious mental illness and substance use 
disorders that establish treatment, suicide prevention, and continuity 
of recovery in the community upon release from the correctional 
facility.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--A grant awarded under this part shall be used 
to support--
            ``(1) programs involving criminal and juvenile justice 
        agencies, mental health agencies, community-based organizations 
        that focus on reentry, and community-based behavioral health 
        providers that improve clinical stabilization during pre-trial 
        detention and incarceration and continuity of care leading to 
        recovery in the community by providing services and supports 
        that may include peer support services, enrollment in 
        healthcare, and introduction to long-acting injectable 
        medications or, as clinically indicated, other medications, by--
                    ``(A) providing training and education for criminal 
                and juvenile justice agencies, mental health agencies, 
                and community-based behavioral health providers on 
                interventions that support--

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                          ``(i) engagement in recovery supports and 
                      services;
                          ``(ii) access to medication while in an 
                      incarcerated setting; and
                          ``(iii) continuity of care during reentry into 
                      the community;
                    ``(B) ensuring that individuals with serious mental 
                illness are provided appropriate access to evidence-
                based recovery supports that may include peer support 
                services, medication (including long-acting injectable 
                medications where clinically appropriate), and psycho-
                social therapies;
                    ``(C) offering technical assistance to criminal 
                justice agencies on how to modify their administrative 
                and clinical processes to accommodate evidence-based 
                interventions, such as long-acting injectable 
                medications and other recovery supports; and
                    ``(D) <<NOTE: Data. Consultation.>>  participating 
                in data collection activities specified by the Attorney 
                General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
                and Human Services;
            ``(2) programs that support cooperative efforts between 
        criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health agencies, 
        and community-based behavioral health providers to establish or 
        enhance serious mental illness recovery support by--
                    ``(A) strengthening or establishing crisis response 
                services delivered by hotlines, mobile crisis teams, 
                crisis stabilization and triage centers, peer support 
                specialists, public safety officers, community-based 
                behavioral health providers, and other stakeholders, 
                including by providing technical support for 
                interventions that promote long-term recovery;
                    ``(B) engaging criminal and juvenile justice 
                agencies, mental health agencies and community-based 
                behavioral health providers, preliminary qualified 
                offenders, and family and community members in program 
                design, program implementation, and training on crisis 
                response services, including connection to recovery 
                services and supports;
                    ``(C) examining health care reimbursement issues 
                that may pose a barrier to ensuring the long-term 
                financial sustainability of crisis response services and 
                interventions that promote long-term engagement with 
                recovery services and supports; and
                    ``(D) <<NOTE: Data. Consultation.>>  participating 
                in data collection activities specified by the Attorney 
                General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
                and Human Services; and
            ``(3) programs that provide training and additional 
        resources to criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental 
        health agencies, and community-based behavioral health providers 
        on serious mental illness, suicide prevention strategies, 
        recovery engagement strategies, and the special health and 
        social needs of justice-involved individuals who are living with 
        serious mental illness.

    ``(c) Consultation.--The Attorney General shall consult with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that serious mental 
illness treatment and recovery support services provided under this 
grant program incorporate evidence-based approaches that facilitate 
long-term engagement in recovery services and supports.

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    ``(d) Behavioral Health Provider Defined.--In this section, the term 
`behavioral health provider' means--
            ``(1) a community mental health center that meets the 
        criteria under section 1913(c) of the Public Health Service Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 300x-2(c)); or
            ``(2) a certified community behavioral health clinic 
        described in section 223(d) of the Protecting Access to Medicare 
        Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note).
``SEC. 3052. <<NOTE: 34 USC 10752.>>  APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--To request a grant under this part, the chief 
executive of a State, Indian Tribe, unit of local government, or 
community-based non-profit organization shall submit an application to 
the Attorney General--
            ``(1) in such form and containing such information as the 
        Attorney General may reasonably require;
            ``(2) that includes assurances that Federal funds received 
        under this part shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-
        Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities 
        funded under this part; and
            ``(3) that describes the coordination between State, Tribal, 
        or local criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health 
        agencies and community-based behavioral health providers, 
        preliminary qualified offenders, and family and community 
        members in--
                    ``(A) program design;
                    ``(B) program implementation; and
                    ``(C) training on crisis response, medication 
                adherence, and continuity of recovery in the community.

    ``(b) Eligibility for Preference With Community Care Component.--
            ``(1) In general.--In awarding grants under this part, the 
        Attorney General shall give preference to a State, Indian Tribe, 
        unit of local government, or community-based nonprofit 
        organization that ensures that individuals who participate in a 
        program, funded by a grant under this part will be provided with 
        continuity of care, in accordance with paragraph (2), in a 
        community care provider program upon release from a correctional 
        facility and adopt policies that focus on programming, 
        strategies, and educational components for reducing recidivism 
        and probation violations.
            ``(2) Requirements.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        continuity of care shall involve the coordination of the 
        correctional facility treatment program with qualified community 
        behavioral health providers and other recovery supports, pre-
        trial release programs, parole supervision programs, half-way 
        house programs, and participation in peer recovery group 
        programs, which may aid in ongoing recovery after the individual 
        is released from the correctional facility.
            ``(3) Community care provider program defined.--For purposes 
        of this subsection, the term `community care provider program' 
        means a community mental health center or certified community 
        behavioral health clinic that directly provides to an 
        individual, or assists in connecting an individual to the

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        provision of, appropriate community-based treatment, medication 
        management, and other recovery supports, when the individual 
        leaves a correctional facility at the end of a sentence or on 
        parole.

    ``(c) Coordination of Federal Assistance.--Each application 
submitted for a grant under this part shall include a description of how 
the funds made available under this part will be coordinated with 
Federal assistance for behavioral health services currently provided by 
the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration.
``SEC. 3053. <<NOTE: 34 USC 10753.>>  REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make a grant under 
section 3051 to carry out the projects described in the application 
submitted under section 3052 upon determining that--
            ``(1) the application is consistent with the requirements of 
        this part; and
            ``(2) before the approval of the application, the Attorney 
        General has made an affirmative finding in writing that the 
        proposed project has been reviewed in accordance with this part.

    ``(b) <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  Approval.--Each application submitted 
under section 3052 shall be considered approved, in whole or in part, by 
the Attorney General not later than 90 days after first received, unless 
the Attorney General informs the applicant of specific reasons for 
disapproval.

    ``(c) Restriction.--Grant funds received under this part shall not 
be used for land acquisition or construction projects.
    ``(d) Disapproval Notice and Reconsideration.--The Attorney General 
may not disapprove any application without first affording the applicant 
reasonable notice and an opportunity for reconsideration.
``SEC. 3054. <<NOTE: Deadline. Consultation. 34 USC 10754.>>  
                          EVALUATION.

    ``Each State, Indian Tribe, unit of local government, or community-
based nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this part shall 
submit to the Attorney General an evaluation not later than 1 year after 
receipt of the grant in such form and containing such information as the 
Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, may reasonably require.

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``SEC. 3055 <<NOTE: Time period. 34 USC 10755.>>  AUTHORIZATION OF 
                          FUNDING.

    ``Subject to the availability of appropriations, for purposes of 
carrying out this part, the Attorney General is authorized to award not 
more than $10,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Department of Justice 
for these purposes for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.''.

    Approved December 31, 2020.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3312:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
            Nov. 16, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 16, considered and passed House.

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