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H.R. 2992 — what changed

Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 3 Creation of a TBI and PTSD training for first responders

Part HH of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651 et seq.) is amended—

(1)
in section 2991—
(A)
in subsection (h)(1)(A), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, including the training developed under section 2993”; and
(B)
changed in subsection (o)(1)(C), (o), by striking “$50,000,000” and inserting “$54,000,000”; andamending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

added “(1) In general—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice to carry out this section $54,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.”

(2)
by inserting after section 2992 the following new section:

“2993. Creation of a TBI and PTSD training for first responders

changed “(a) In general—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall solicit best practices regarding techniques to interact with persons who have a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder from first responder, brain injury, veteran, and mental health organizations, health care and mental health providers, hospital emergency departments, and other relevant stakeholders, and shall develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders (as such term is defined in section 3025) that provide—

changed “(1) information on the conditions and symptoms of a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, and post-traumatic stress disorder;

“(2) techniques to interact with persons who have a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder; and

“(3) information on how to recognize persons who have a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder.

changed “(b) Use of training tools at Law Enforcement Mental Health Learning Sites—The Attorney General shall ensure that not less than one Law Enforcement Mental Health Learning Site designated by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in consultation with the Council of State Governments Justice Center, utilizes Assistance uses the training tools developed under subsection (a).

“(c) Police mental health collaboration toolkit—The Attorney General shall make the training tools developed under subsection (a) available as part of the Police-Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.”