Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2502 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2502 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program for law enforcement agencies and corrections agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis response training for law enforcement officers and corrections officers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 31, 2025 Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Titus, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Casten, and Ms. Brownley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program for law enforcement agencies and corrections agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis response training for law enforcement officers and corrections officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Law enforcement and corrections officers routinely respond to emergencies involving individuals suffering from a mental health crisis. (2) Recent statistics have shown that as many as-- (A) 1 in every 10 calls for police response involve a person suffering from a mental illness; (B) 1 in every 4 people killed by police suffer from a mental health problem; and (C) 1 in 3 people transported to a hospital emergency room for psychiatric reasons are taken by the police. (3) Law enforcement response calls to individuals suffering from substance use disorder have