[117th Congress Public Law 323]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 117-323
117th Congress
An Act
To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and
for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 27, 2022 - [S. 3846]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Justice and
Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 34 USC 10101 note.>> 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.
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
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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.''.
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 2023 through 2027''.
Approved December 27, 2022.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3846:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
June 23, considered and passed Senate.
Nov. 29, considered and passed House, amended.
Dec. 14, Senate concurred in House amendment.
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