117th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 515Mental Health Justice Act of 2021

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to hire, employ, train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.

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Introduced Mar 1, 2021
Last action Mar 1, 2021
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Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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Mar 1, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 1, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.