Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2025

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (Democratic-OH)March 31, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

New grants would help police and corrections officers get mental health crisis training.

This bill would create a new grant program. It would help police and corrections agencies train their officers on how to respond to mental health crises. This aims to make interactions safer for both officers and people in crisis.

What Would Change

Today, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 does not have a specific federal grant program for behavioral health crisis response training. This applies to both law enforcement and corrections officers. If this bill becomes law, the Attorney General would be able to set aside up to $10,000,000 each year. This money would come from existing funds under that Act. It would then be used to create a new grant program. This would allow state, local, and Tribal agencies to fund specialized training for their officers.

Key Provisions

Lets state, local, and Tribal law enforcement and corrections agencies apply for federal grants to train their officers on behavioral health crisis response.
Sets aside up to $10,000,000 each year for these training grants, which would also cover officer travel and lodging.
Requires the Attorney General to create and publish qualification standards for organizations that provide this crisis response training.
Ensures grant money adds to, rather than replaces, existing state, local, and Tribal funds for training.
Limits administrative costs for grants to no more than 3 percent of the total grant amount.
Requires agencies that receive grants to submit annual reports on their activities and the number of officers trained.

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Lobbying Activity

3 filings mentioned this bill

Top Lobbying Clients

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS

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NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

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1.NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS2 filings

2.NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE1 filing

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