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HR2502119th Congress

Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

Introduced

Summary

Funds training for law enforcement and corrections officers to respond safely to behavioral health crises. This bill would create a grant program to pay for evidence-based crisis intervention, de-escalation, and practical training developed with healthcare professionals and people with lived experience.

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  • Families and communities would see more officers trained to handle mental health and suspected substance-influence crises, aiming to reduce injuries and fatalities during responses.
  • State, local, and Tribal law enforcement and corrections agencies would be eligible for grants that cover training costs plus travel and lodging; applications must report agency size, number of officers, and whether an officer was killed or seriously injured while responding in the prior five years, and grant administrative costs would be capped at 3 percent.
  • Training providers and program oversight would face standards requiring qualified providers, collaboration with health experts and people with lived experience, annual reports on activities and officers trained, and recordkeeping for audits.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Grants for police and corrections crisis training

If enacted, this bill would fund grants so police and corrections agencies can train officers for behavioral health crises. Grants could also pay for travel and lodging to attend training. The Attorney General could set aside up to $10 million a year to run the program, if Congress provides the money. Agencies would have to add this to, not replace, their own funds. No more than 3% of a grant could be used for administrative costs.

Standards for mental health crisis training

If enacted, eligible training would teach officers to handle behavioral health crises. It would cover people who may be on drugs or suicidal, and those with mental illness. Programs would teach de‑escalation, communication, empathy, and how to use local resources, with hands‑on practice. Health professionals and people with lived experience would help design the training. The Attorney General would publish standards for which organizations can provide this training.

Grant applications and yearly reporting rules

Agencies would need to apply to the Attorney General for grants. Applications must name the training, list the total number of officers, note any current crisis training, and report officers killed or seriously injured during such calls in the past five years. Applicants may also share recent incidents where training could have helped and the per‑officer cost to attend. Recipients would have to keep records for audits and file a yearly report on activities and how many officers trained. The bill defines who is an applicant and recipient, what a law enforcement agency is, and that the Attorney General acts through the Office of Justice Programs.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

OH • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/31/2025

  • Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 4/1/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 4/1/2025

  • Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 4/1/2025

  • Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 5/13/2025

  • Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 6/5/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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