Sec. 720. Crisis intervention grants for police officers and first responders
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The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use may award grants to entities such as law enforcement agencies and first responders— to provide specialized training to law enforcement officers, corrections officers, paramedics, emergency medical services workers, and other first responders (including village public safety officers (as defined in section 247 of the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796dd note)))— to recognize individuals who have mental illness and how to properly intervene with individuals with mental illness; and to establish programs that enhance the ability of law enforcement agencies to address the mental health, behavioral, and substance use problems of individuals encountered in the line of duty; and to establish collaborative law enforcement and mental health programs, including behavioral health response teams and mental health crisis intervention teams comprised of mental health professionals, law enforcement officers, and other first responders, as appropriate, to provide on-site, face-to-face, mental and behavioral health care services during a mental health crisis, and to connect the individual in crisis to appropriate community-based treatment services in lieu of unnecessary hospitalization or further involvement with the criminal justice system.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $9,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2020.
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