Sec. 511. Mental health and de-escalation training
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and subject to the availability of appropriations, provide to criminal justice agencies specialized and comprehensive training in procedures to de-escalate encounters between law enforcement or corrections officers and civilians, inmates, or detainees, and to identify and appropriately respond to incidents in which the unique needs of individuals who have a mental illness or cognitive deficit are involved.
In this section the term criminal justice agencies include— Federal corrections agencies and any contractors carrying out corrections functions; Federal law enforcement agencies, including Federal prosecutors; and other Federal criminal justice agencies that the Attorney General deems appropriate.