Behavioral Health Crisis Response Improvements Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 413 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to promote behavioral health crisis response training among law enforcement officers. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 7, 2019 Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to promote behavioral health crisis response training among law enforcement officers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Behavioral Health Cri- 4 sis Response Improvements Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S413.IS S413 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 413 IS SEC. 2. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE TRAINING 1 AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 3 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 4 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘PART OO—BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RE- 6 SPONSE TRAINING AMONG LAW ENFORCE- 7 MENT OFFICERS. 8 ‘‘SEC. 3051. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE TRAIN- 9 ING AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section— 11 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 12 the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; 13 ‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State, 14 local, Tribal, or territorial law enforcement agency; 15 and 16 ‘‘(3) the term ‘training provider’ means a per- 17 son with which, using funds from a grant awarded 18 under this section, an eligible entity contracts for be- 19 havioral health crisis response training for law en- 20 forcement officers. 21 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 22 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Di- 23 rector may make grants on a competitive basis to el- 24 igible entities to assist those eligible entities in ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S413.IS S413 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 413 IS quiring behavioral health crisis response training for 1 law enforcement officers. 2 ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring 3 a grant under this section shall submit to the Direc- 4 tor an application at such time, in such manner, and 5 containing or accompanied by such information, as 6 the Director may reasonably require. 7 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATION STANDARDS.—The Direc- 8 tor shall establish and publish qualification stand- 9 ards for training providers.’’. 10 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 11 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 12 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended by 13 adding at the end the following: 14 ‘‘(29) There are authorized to be appropriated to 15 carry out part OO $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 16 2020 through 2022.’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S413.IS S413 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS