US Congress House Bill 1854 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-12 - Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to an eligible entity for sequential intercept mapping and implementation for: mental health and criminal justice stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of the flow of individuals with mental illnesses through the criminal justice system, and identify opportunities for improved responses, including emergency and crisis services, specialized police-based responses, and community and post-prison supervision; and hiring and training personnel, identifying target populations, and providing services to reduce recidivism. The Attorney General is authorized to award grants for: veterans treatment court programs involving collaboration among criminal justice, veterans, and mental health and substance abuse agencies; peer to peer services or programs for qualified veterans; practices that identify and provide treatment, rehabilitation, legal, and transitional services to such veterans who have been incarcerated; and training programs to teach criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, mental health, and substance abuse personnel how to identify and respond to incidents involving such veterans. The Attorney General is authorized to award grants to enhance correctional facility capabilities to: identify and screen for mentally ill inmates; assess and provide the clinical, medical, and social needs of inmates and appropriate treatment and services that address mental health and substance abuse needs; and develop and implement post-release transition plans. Adult and juvenile criminal/mental health collaboration program grants may be used to establish multidisciplinary teams that coordinate and implement community-based crisis responses and long-term plans for frequent users of crisis services. Collaboration grant accountability requirements are established. The Attorney General is authorized to make grants for programs that teach law enforcement personnel how to identify and respond to incidents involving persons with mental health disorders or co-occuring mental health and substance abuse disorders. The Attorney General is directed to provide direction for programs that offer specialized training to federal first responders and tactical units in order to identify and respond to incidents involving individuals who have a mental illness. The definition of "preliminarily qualified offender" is revised for purposes of collaboration program grants to: include, in the case of a veterans treatment court program, an adult or juvenile accused of an offense who has been diagnosed with, or manifests signs of, mental illness or a substance abuse disorder; remove a requirement that the person be accused of a nonviolent offense; require a person to be unanimously approved for participation; and disqualify a person who has been charged with or convicted of a sex offense or murder or assault with intent to murder.

Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015

Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]
Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]
Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]
Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-12	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2016-01-12	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-01-08	House	Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
2015-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-04-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-04-16	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2273-2274)
2015-04-16	House	Introduced in House

HB731 (Related) 2015-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
SB993 (Same As) 2016-01-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB3722 (Related) 2016-09-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
SB2002 (Related) 2016-02-10 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1854/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1854/BILLS-114hr1854ih.pdf