To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant to support communities transitioning to health-centered responses for mental health-related emergencies.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Directs the Attorney General, with HHS, to create a competitive grant program to help jurisdictions implement or expand health-centered responses to behavioral health emergencies.
Who Benefits and How
States, Tribes, and local jurisdictions could receive federal funding to build crisis response systems that rely more on mental health professionals and less on traditional law enforcement.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DOJ, HHS, and grant recipients would need to administer applications, reporting, and implementation of the funded crisis-response alternatives.
Key Provisions
- Requires the Attorney General, in partnership with HHS, to establish a competitive grant program for health-centered crisis response strategies.
- Lets jurisdictions use grants to embed mental health professionals in 911 systems, route calls to 988, and build partnerships for streamlined handoffs.
- Preserves State authority over law-enforcement models and involuntary-hold laws.
- Requires annual grantee reporting and authorizes $25 million annually for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs the Attorney General, with HHS, to create a competitive grant program to help jurisdictions implement or expand health-centered responses to behavioral health emergencies.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Criminal Justice, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Directs the Attorney General, with HHS, to create a competitive grant program to help jurisdictions implement or expand health-centered responses to behavioral health emergencies.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Eligible jurisdictions building health-centered behavioral health emergency response systems
- People experiencing behavioral health emergencies who could receive more health-focused responses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- DOJ, HHS, and grant recipients responsible for administering, implementing, and reporting on the grant program
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Clarke of …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Eligible jurisdictions developing health-centered crisis response alternatives to traditional law-enforcement-led responses
People experiencing behavioral health emergencies who could receive more health-centered crisis responses
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
- "the_assistant_secretary"
- → Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
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