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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2502 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to |
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| 6 | 6 | | authorize a grant program for law enforcement agencies and corrections |
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| 7 | 7 | | agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis response training for law |
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| 8 | 8 | | enforcement officers and corrections officers, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH31, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. K |
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| 12 | 12 | | APTUR(for herself, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Ms. TITUS, Mr. EVANS |
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| 13 | 13 | | of Pennsylvania, Mr. C |
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| 14 | 14 | | ASTEN, and Ms. BROWNLEY) introduced the fol- |
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| 15 | 15 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets |
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| 18 | 18 | | Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program for law en- |
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| 19 | 19 | | forcement agencies and corrections agencies to obtain |
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| 20 | 20 | | behavioral health crisis response training for law enforce- |
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| 21 | 21 | | ment officers and corrections officers, and for other pur- |
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| 22 | 22 | | poses. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) F |
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| 33 | 33 | | INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) Law enforcement and corrections officers 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | routinely respond to emergencies involving individ-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | uals suffering from a mental health crisis. 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) Recent statistics have shown that as many 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | as— 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) 1 in every 10 calls for police response 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | involve a person suffering from a mental illness; 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) 1 in every 4 people killed by police suf-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | fer from a mental health problem; and 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (C) 1 in 3 people transported to a hospital 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | emergency room for psychiatric reasons are 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | taken by the police. 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) Law enforcement response calls to individ-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | uals suffering from substance use disorder have in-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | creased during the current opioid epidemic. 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (4) There is a need to ensure that law enforce-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ment officers have access to proper evidence-based 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | training in responding to mental health crises. 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (5) Proper training for response to individuals 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | suffering from a mental health crisis can better pro-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | tect the safety of the general public and law enforce-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ment officers. 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (6) Law enforcement and corrections officers in 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | the United States can better serve their communities 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | if the officers receive training to effectively and safe-1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ly resolve the mental health crises. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) P |
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| 64 | 64 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | grants to State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | and corrections agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | response training for law enforcement officers and correc-6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tions officers to— 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) better train law enforcement officers and 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | corrections officers to resolve behavioral health crisis 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | situations; 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) reduce the number of law enforcement offi-11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | cers and corrections officers killed or injured while 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | responding to a behavioral health crisis; and 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (3) reduce the number of individuals killed or 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | injured during a behavioral health crisis in which a 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | law enforcement officer or corrections officer re-16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | sponds. 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR MENTAL 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | HEALTH CRISIS GRANT PROGRAM. 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (a) R |
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| 82 | 82 | | ESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 506 of the 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | U.S.C. 10157) is amended by adding at the end the fol-22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | lowing: 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(c) Of the total amount made available to carry out 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | this subpart for a fiscal year, the Attorney General may 25 |
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| 91 | 91 | | reserve not more than $10,000,000 to carry out the pro-1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | gram under section 509.’’. 2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (b) L |
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| 94 | 94 | | AWENFORCEMENT TRAINING FORMENTAL 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | H |
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| 96 | 96 | | EALTHCRISISGRANTPROGRAM.—Subpart 1 of part E 4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.) is amended by add-6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ing at the end the following: 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘SEC. 510. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR MENTAL 8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | HEALTH CRISIS GRANT PROGRAM. 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(a) G |
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| 103 | 103 | | RANTSAUTHORIZED.—Subject to the avail-10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ability of appropriations, the Attorney General is author-11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ized to award grants to applicants for— 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(1) law enforcement officers or corrections of-13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ficers to receive training from a program; and 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ‘‘(2) the cost of transportation and lodging as-15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | sociated with law enforcement officers or corrections 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | officers attending such program. 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 112 | 112 | | ROGRAMSTANDARDS.—The Attorney General 18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | shall establish and publish qualification standards for or-19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ganizations that provide programs. 20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 116 | 116 | | PPLICATIONS.—The head of an applicant shall 21 |
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| 117 | 117 | | submit to the Attorney General an application that— 22 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(1) shall include— 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(A) a statement describing the program 1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | the law enforcement officers or corrections offi-2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | cers will complete; 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(B) the total number of law enforcement 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | officers or corrections officers in the agency; 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(C) the number of law enforcement offi-6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | cers or corrections officers of the agency that 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | have been killed, or seriously injured while re-8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | sponding to a behavioral health crisis during 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the 5-year period preceding the date of the ap-10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | plication; and 11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(D) whether the law enforcement officers 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | or corrections officers employed by the agency 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | receive any behavioral health crisis response 14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | training, including during basic officer training; 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | and 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(2) in addition to the information required 17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | under paragraph (1), may, at the option of the ap-18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | plicant, include information relating to— 19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘(A) recent incidents involving officers of 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | the agency during which behavioral health crisis 21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | response training could have played a role in 22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | protecting the safety of— 23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(i) the law enforcement officer or the 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | public, including the person or persons the 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | law enforcement officers encountered; or 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘(ii) the corrections officer or inmates 4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | at the correctional facility; and 5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ‘‘(B) estimated cost of attendance of a pro-6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | gram per officer. 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(d) R |
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| 156 | 156 | | ESTRICTIONS.— 8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(1) S |
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| 158 | 158 | | UPPLEMENTAL FUNDS .—Grant funds 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | State, local, and Tribal funds made available to any 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | applicant for any of the purposes described in sub-12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | section (a). 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 164 | 164 | | DMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | 3 percent of any grant made under this section may 15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | be used for administrative costs. 16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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| 168 | 168 | | EPORTS ANDRECORDS.— 17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(1) R |
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| 170 | 170 | | EPORTS.—For each year during which 18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | grant funds are used, the recipient shall submit to 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | the Attorney General a report containing— 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(A) a summary of any activity carried out 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | using grant funds; 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(B) the number of officers that received 23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | training using grant funds; and 24 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(C) any other information relevant to the 1 |
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| 181 | 181 | | purpose of this Act that the Attorney General 2 |
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| 182 | 182 | | may determine appropriate. 3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 184 | 184 | | ECORDS.—For the purpose of an audit 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | by the Attorney General of the receipt and use of 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | grant funds, a recipient shall— 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘(A) keep— 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(i) any record relating to the receipt 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | and use of grant funds; and 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(ii) any other record as the Attorney 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | General may require; and 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(B) make the records described in sub-12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | paragraph (A) available to the Attorney General 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | upon request by the Attorney General. 14 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(f) D |
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| 196 | 196 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 198 | 198 | | PPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means 16 |
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| 199 | 199 | | a law enforcement agency or corrections agency that 17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | applies for a grant under this section. 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 202 | 202 | | TTORNEY GENERAL .—The term ‘Attor-19 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ney General’ means the Attorney General, acting 20 |
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| 204 | 204 | | through the Assistant Attorney General for the Of-21 |
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| 205 | 205 | | fice of Justice Programs. 22 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(3) G |
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| 207 | 207 | | RANT FUNDS.—The term ‘grant funds’ 23 |
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| 208 | 208 | | means funds from a grant awarded under this sec-24 |
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| 209 | 209 | | tion. 25 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY .—The term 1 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ‘law enforcement agency’ means an agency of a 2 |
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| 215 | 215 | | State or unit of local government that is authorized 3 |
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| 216 | 216 | | by law or by a government agency to engage in or 4 |
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| 217 | 217 | | supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or 5 |
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| 218 | 218 | | prosecution of any violation of criminal law. 6 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(5) P |
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| 220 | 220 | | ROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means a 7 |
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| 221 | 221 | | program or class that— 8 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(A) provides instructional training to law 9 |
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| 223 | 223 | | enforcement officers or corrections officers for 10 |
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| 224 | 224 | | response to a behavioral health crisis, including 11 |
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| 225 | 225 | | response to people suspected to be under the in-12 |
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| 226 | 226 | | fluence of a drug or psychoactive substance, 13 |
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| 227 | 227 | | and response to circumstances in which a per-14 |
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| 228 | 228 | | son is suspected to be suicidal or experiencing 15 |
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| 229 | 229 | | a mental illness; 16 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(B) includes training on techniques and 17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | strategies designed to protect— 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘(i) the health and safety of law en-19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | forcement officers and the public, including 20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | the person or persons a law enforcement 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | officer encounters during a behavioral 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | health crisis response; or 23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(ii) the health and safety of correc-24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | tions officers and inmates at the correc-25 |
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| 242 | 242 | | tional facility, including the inmate a cor-1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | rections officer encounters during a behav-2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ioral health crisis response, or in the nor-3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | mal course of business of interactions with 4 |
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| 246 | 246 | | the inmate; and 5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(C) is developed in conjunction with 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | healthcare professionals and people with lived 7 |
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| 249 | 249 | | experiences of mental health illness to provide 8 |
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| 250 | 250 | | crisis intervention training focused on under-9 |
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| 251 | 251 | | standing mental and behavioral health, devel-10 |
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| 252 | 252 | | oping empathy, navigating community re-11 |
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| 253 | 253 | | sources, de-escalation and communications 12 |
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| 254 | 254 | | skills, and practical application training for offi-13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | cers. 14 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ‘‘(6) R |
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| 257 | 257 | | ECIPIENT.—The term ‘recipient’ means 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | an applicant that receives a grant under this sec-16 |
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| 259 | 259 | | tion.’’. 17 |
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