Community-Based Response Act
Latest action · Oct 1, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
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- IntroducedOct 1, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community-Based Response Act
This bill establishes a program to assist communities with implementing alternative emergency response models in vulnerable populations to resolve crisis situations that may not require a law enforcement response or situations where a law enforcement response may increase the risk of harm.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in consultation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice, must award grants to eligible partnerships to establish or expand these models. The partnerships must consist of a unit of local or tribal government that is independent of law enforcement agencies and a nonprofit, community-based organization or consortium of such organizations. The partnerships may also include other entities, such as nonprofit or public institutions of higher education and behavioral health organizations.
A partnership may use grant funds for a variety of purposes, such as triaging 9–1–1 calls to refer certain emergencies to entities other than law enforcement. In awarding these grants, HHS must prioritize partnerships that include community-based organizations that have a record of effectively serving, and are led by members of, vulnerable populations.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 25, 2020 to Nov 12, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Oct 25, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Oct 26, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Nov 10, 2020 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Nov 12, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Oct 1, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8474 | Community-Based Response Act | Identical bill | Oct 1, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging
- Child safety and welfare
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Crime victims
- Disability and paralysis
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency communications systems
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Human trafficking
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex offenses
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Social Welfare
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2020Introduced in Senate
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