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Introduced
03/16/2022
03/16/2022
In Committee
05/12/2022
05/12/2022
Crossed Over
07/12/2022
07/12/2022
Passed
12/23/2022
12/23/2022
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
12/27/2022
12/27/2022
Introduced Session
117th Congress
Bill Summary
AN ACT To reauthorize the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act of 2022, reauthorizes the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), which provides grants to state and local governments to improve responses to individuals with mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system. Key provisions include allowing funds to be used for training prosecutors on diversion programs, coordinating mental health crisis response teams, providing suicide prevention services for incarcerated individuals, and supporting the implementation and expansion of the 988 national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. The bill also extends the requirement for the Department of Justice to examine and report on the prevalence of mentally ill offenders.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (15)
John Cornyn (R)*,
Richard Blumenthal (D),
Cory Booker (D),
Susan Collins (R),
Chris Coons (D),
Catherine Cortez Masto (D),
Dick Durbin (D),
Chuck Grassley (R),
Amy Klobuchar (D),
Patrick Leahy (D),
Jerry Moran (R),
Jon Ossoff (D),
Alex Padilla (D),
Thom Tillis (R),
Sheldon Whitehouse (D),
Last Action
Became Public Law No: 117-323. (on 12/27/2022)
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