Sec. 3. Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis grant program
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Section 506 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10157 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Of the total amount made available to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year, the Attorney General may reserve not more than $10,000,000 to carry out the program under section 509. . Subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Attorney General is authorized to award grants to applicants for— law enforcement officers or corrections officers to receive training from a program; and the cost of transportation and lodging associated with law enforcement officers or corrections officers attending such program. The Attorney General shall establish and publish qualification standards for organizations that provide programs. The head of an applicant shall submit to the Attorney General an application that— shall include— a statement describing the program the law enforcement officers or corrections officers will complete; the total number of law enforcement officers or corrections officers in the agency; the number of law enforcement officers or corrections officers of the agency that have been killed, or seriously injured while responding to a behavioral health crisis during the 5-year-period preceding the date of the application; and whether the law enforcement officers or corrections officers employed by the agency receive any behavioral health crisis response training, including during basic officer training; and in addition to the information required under subparagraph (A), may, at the option of the applicant, include information relating to— recent incidents involving officers of the agency during which behavioral health crisis response training could have played a role in protecting the safety of— the law enforcement officer or the public, including the persons or persons the law enforcement officers encountered; or the corrections officer or inmates at the correctional facility; and estimated cost of attendance of a program per officer.
Grant funds shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, local, and Tribal funds made available to any applicant for any of the purposes described in subsection (a). Not more than 3 percent of any grant made under this section may be used for administrative costs. For each year during which grant funds are used, the recipient shall submit to the Attorney General a report containing— a summary of any activity carried out using grant funds; the number of officers that received training using grant funds; and any other information relevant to the purpose of this Act that the Attorney General may determine appropriate.
For the purpose of an audit by the Attorney General of the receipt and use of grant funds, a recipient shall— keep— any record relating to the receipt and use of grant funds; and any other record as the Attorney General may require; and make the records described in subparagraph
(A)available to the Attorney General upon request by the Attorney General. In this section: The term applicant means a law enforcement agency or corrections agency that applies for a grant under this section. The term Attorney General means the Attorney General, acting through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. The term grant funds means funds from a grant awarded under this section. The term law enforcement agency means an agency of a State or unit of local government that is authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law. The term program means a program or class that— provides instructional training to law enforcement officers or corrections officers for response to a behavioral health crisis, including response to people suspected to be under the influence of a drug or psychoactive substance, and response to circumstances in which a person is suspected to be suicidal or suffering from a mental illness; includes training on techniques and strategies designed to protect— the health and safety of law enforcement officers and the public, including the person or persons a law enforcement officer encounters during a behavioral health crisis response; or the health and safety of corrections officers and inmates at the correctional facility, including the inmate a corrections officer encounters during a behavioral health crisis response, or in the normal course of business of interactions with the inmate; and is developed in conjunction with healthcare professionals to provide crisis intervention training focused on understanding mental and behavioral health, developing empathy, navigating community resources, de-escalation skills, and practical application training for officers. The term recipient means an applicant that receives a grant under this section. .
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