U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 515
Mental Health Justice Act of 2021
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to hire, employ, train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
- Introduced
- March 1, 2021, in the Senate
- Policy area
- Health (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (2)
2 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Cory A. BookerD-NJ
- Amy KlobucharD-MN