Juvenile Crime Reduction Act

To improve the treatment of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders by establishing new grant programs for increased training, technical assistance, and coordination of service providers, and for other purposes.

8/3/2007--Introduced.
Juvenile Crime Reduction Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to allow the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to public agencies to:
(1) provide training to individuals involved in making decisions regarding the disposition of cases involving youth who enter the juvenile justice system; and
(2) develop a plan to address the service needs of juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders who come into contact with, or are at risk of coming into contact with, the justice system. Requires the Administrator to award matching grants to public agencies to implement such plan.
Authorizes the Administrator to award grants for the establishment of four regional research, training, and technical assistance centers.
Requires the Administrator to award grants to public agencies to reform their mental health and substance abuse policies with respect to juveniles who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.
Requires states receiving juvenile justice grants to include in their state plan information regarding screening, assessment, and treatment of juveniles with mental health and substance abuse disorders. Requires the Administrator to:
(1) distribute evidence-based practice bonuses to grant recipients if certain requirements are met; and
(2) include in the Office's annual report to Congress information regarding the prevalence of mental health disorders among juveniles.
Requires the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to examine and report on evidence-based practices for decreasing delinquency and recidivism among juveniles with mental health or substance abuse disorders.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that a portion of grants awarded under programs to divert individuals with a mental illness from the criminal justice system specifically target juveniles if appropriations for such grants exceed a specified amount.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
• and 9 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Julia Carson
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 3 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3411

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 03, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Introduced on Aug 03, 2007.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor

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Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Budgets
• Child health
• Children
• 22 more
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Corrections
• Crime prevention
• Drug abuse
• Drug abuse treatment
• Employee training
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Health policy
• Job training
• Juvenile delinquency
• Medical care
• Medical screening
• Medical tests
• Medicine
• Mental health services
• Mental illness
• Prison alternatives
• Recidivists
• Rehabilitation of criminals
• Research centers
• Science policy

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... dc 20515 dear representative kennedy: i write on behalf of the american bar association (aba) to commend you for your leadership in introducing the juvenile crime reduction act of 2007 (hr 3411) and to express our strong suppo.

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