[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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