Congressional Quarterly (1/12, Attias, Subscription Publication) reports that legislation intended “to address mental health issues in the criminal justice system could finally have a path through Congress after a previous effort was blocked in the Senate.” Today, “the House Judiciary Committee…is slated to mark up the House version of the measure (HR 1854), which would reauthorize and expand a 2004 law (PL 108-414) that established a grant program to support mental health courts and other collaborative programs between the criminal justice and mental health systems.” In December, “the Senate passed its version (S 993) by voice vote…after lowering the authorized spending level from $30 million to $18 million each year from fiscal 2016 through 2020.”
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