Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008

A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes.

4/1/2008--Reported to Senate amended. Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 -
(Sec. 3) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the grant program more...for adult and juvenile collaboration for access to adequate mental health treatment and to extend such funding through FY2014. Directs the Attorney General to give priority to grant applications that promote effective strategies to identify and treat mentally-ill offenders and that meet other criteria.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for training programs and other services to assist law enforcement officers and campus security personnel in responding appropriately to incidents involving mentally-ill individuals. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop training models for law enforcement personnel for responding to the needs of individuals with mental illnesses, including suicide prevention. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014.

(Sec. 5) Reauthorizes the mental health courts grant program for FY2009-FY2014. Expands the permissible uses of grant funds to include pretrial services and programs to provide alternatives to incarceration for offenders with mental illnesses.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Attorney General to examine and report on mental illness and the criminal justice system, including:
(1) the rate of occurrence of serious mental illnesses in individuals (including juveniles) on probation, incarcerated in a jail, incarcerated in a prison, or on parole; and
(2) the percentage of individuals in each of those populations with serious mental illnesses who received social security disability benefits. Authorizes appropriations.

Sponsor

• Sen. Pete Domenici [R, NM]
• and 5 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2304

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Bill Status

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
November 05, 2007

Related Bills:

• H.R.3992

Related Issue Areas:

• Suicide
• Students
• State courts
• State and local government
• 29 more
• School security
• Rehabilitation of criminals
• Probation
• Prisoners
• Prison alternatives
• Pretrial procedure
• Police training
• Parole
• Minorities
• Mental illness
• Mental health services
• Medicine
• Medical care
• Law
• Juvenile delinquency
• Indian law enforcement
• Indian courts
• Higher education
• Governmental investigations
• Federal aid to law enforcement
• Federal aid to Indians
• Education
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Congress
• Children
• Budgets
• Authorization
• Administration of justice
• Criminal justice

In the News

December 08, 2007 TREAT MENTALLY ILL LAWBREAKERS

The Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act [HR 3992 and S.2304] aims to improve services for mentally ill ...

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April 05, 2008 Saturday Sanity: Drugs And Government Issues

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the reauthorization of the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (S. 2304) on March 9. According to the article, the bill “will help provide states and counties with the resources ...

Source: Mental Health Notes
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March 25, 2008 S. 2304, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction ...

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 6, 2008.

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March 22, 2008 Federal bill backing mental health courts a teaspoon of remedy for ...

On March 6, 2008, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S. 2304, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act (MIOTCRA). The legislation, introduced last year by Sens. ...

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