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:
The Attorney General is authorized to award grants for:
The Attorney General is authorized to award grants to enhance correctional facility capabilities to:
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:
Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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2016-01-15 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House committee actions |
2015-12-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House floor actions |
2015-12-11 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
2015-12-11 | Floor | Received in the House. | House floor actions |
2015-12-10 | Floor | Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote. (text: CR S8614-8617) | Senate |
2015-12-10 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8614-8617) | Senate |
2015-04-30 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62. | Senate |
2015-04-30 | Committee | Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report. | Senate |
2015-04-30 | Committee | Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | Senate |
2015-04-21 | Committee | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. | Senate |
2015-04-16 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2251-2252) | Senate |
2015-04-16 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |