12 2 STA T .435 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 41 6—O CT. 14 , 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–4 1 6 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamendti t l e I o f t h e O mni busCr ime Control and S afe Streets Ac tof 1968 to p ro v ide g rants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders w ith mental illnesses , and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E
T AB LEO F CONTENTS. (a)SHORTTI T LE.— T hisActm a ybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ M e n ta l ly I ll Of fende r Treatment and C rime R ed u cti o n Reauthori z ation and Im p ro v ement Act of 20 0 8’ ’. (b) T AB LEO F CO N TENT S .—The table of contents for this Act is as follo w s
Sec. 1. Short title
table of contents. Sec. 2 . F indings. Sec. 3 . R eauthori z ation of the Adult and J uvenile Collaboration P rogram G rants. Sec. 4 . L aw enforcement response to mentall y ill offenders improvement grants. Sec. 5 . Ex amination and report on prevalence of mentally ill offenders. SEC. 2 . FIN D IN G S. Con g ress finds the following: ( 1 ) Communities nationwide are struggling to respond to the high numbers of people with mental illnesses involved at all points in the criminal j ustice system. (2)A1 9 99 study by the D epartment of J ustice estimated that 1 6 percent of people incarcerated in prisons and jails in the U nited States , which is more than 3 00,000 people, suffer from mental illnesses. (3) L os Angeles County Jail and N ew Y or k ’s Rikers Island jail comple x hold more people with mental illnesses than the largest psychiatric inpatient facilities in the United States. ( 4 ) State prisoners with a mental health problem are twice as likely as those without a mental health problem to have been homeless in the year before their arrest. SEC. 3 . REA U THORI Z ATION OF THE ADULT AND J U V ENILE COLLABORATION P ROGRA M GRANTS. (a) A U THORI Z ATION OF A P PROPRIATIONS THROU G H 2014.—Sec - tion 2991(h) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3 7 97aa(h)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking at the end ‘‘and’’
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 42USC379 7 a a note.M enta l l yI ll Of fen d e rT reat m ent and Cr i me R ed uc tion Reaut h ori z ation and Im p ro v ement A ctof2 0 0 8 . 42 USC 37 1 1 note. Oct. 14 , 2008 [ S. 2304 ]
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