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To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide funding for innovations in community policing, mental health care, and community safety, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to expand how Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant funding can be used, creating new programs to address mental health crises and substance use issues involving law enforcement interactions. The bill authorizes funding for mobile crisis team programs that dispatch trained mental health professionals and paramedics to respond to certain 911 calls and community requests, with the goal of de-escalating situations and connecting individuals with mental health services instead of police involvement alone. The bill also authorizes co-responder programs that pair law enforcement officers with behavioral health clinicians or paramedics to address mental health crises, and case management teams to follow up with individuals after crisis situations to connect them with ongoing services and reduce repeat emergency service usage. These programs are designed to improve outcomes for both individuals experiencing mental health or substance use crises and for law enforcement officers by providing appropriate professional response and treatment. The funding comes from existing COPS grant programs under the federal crime control grant system.
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- May 19, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 19, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 19, 2026
Mr. Bennet introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide funding for innovations in community policing, mental health care, and community safety, 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 “Supporting Mental Assistance Responder Teams Community Policing Act” or the “SMART Community Policing Act”.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to strengthen community policing programs to—
(1) de-escalate interactions with law enforcement officers to achieve better outcomes for non-violent individuals experiencing crisis or trauma relating to mental health issues, poverty, homelessness, and substance use disorders;
(2) build collaborative partnerships to connect individuals with mental health services and community resources; and
(3) produce better outcomes for communities and law enforcement officers by delivering the appropriate treatment and other support services to individuals in need.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USES OF COPS FUNDS.
Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (24), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(26) to establish or expand a mobile crisis team program to—
“(A) hire skilled mental health professionals and paramedics to—
“(i) respond to—
“(I) certain 911 dispatch calls at the request of law enforcement officers; and
“(II) community members requesting assistance directly;
“(ii) stabilize encounters between law enforcement officers and individuals experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis; and
“(iii) assume responsibility for securing mental health services for individuals, including individuals in crisis who may need further evaluation and treatment;
“(B) train law enforcement officers partnering with mental health professionals and paramedics;
“(C) use a mobile unit to facilitate the response of law enforcement officers and mental health professionals and paramedics to community members experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis; and
“(D) hire other personnel;
“(27) to establish or expand a co-responder program under which—
“(A) a trained law enforcement officer is paired with a behavioral health clinician or paramedic to—
“(i) de-escalate situations involving a mental health crisis;
“(ii) connect individuals with mental illness to appropriate services; and
“(iii) provide other effective and efficient responses to individuals with mental illness; and
“(B) additional personnel, including law enforcement officers and case managers, may be hired; and
“(28) to establish or expand a case management and outreach team—
“(A) to follow up with individuals experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis to—
“(i) connect those individuals with mental health services and community resources; and
“(ii) help those individuals abide by treatment plans and meet other responsibilities, such as work, school, and training;
“(B) to develop specific solutions for, and provide support resources to, individuals who frequently use emergency services to reduce repeat interactions between the individuals described in subparagraph (A) and law enforcement officers or mental health professionals and paramedics; and
“(C) which may be established as a part of a mobile crisis team program under paragraph (26), a co- responder program under paragraph (27), or an independent team.”. <all>
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