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Community-Based Response Legislation Reintroduced

Updated: Jun 28, 2021

This week, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) reintroduced their legislation to improve our emergency response capabilities by creating systemic alternatives to police involvement in appropriate situations. Their legislation, The Community-Based Response Act, creates a new Community-Based Emergency and Non-Emergency Response Grant Program through the Department of Health and Human Services to establish programs to encourage local governments to develop additional options, beyond law enforcement, for certain kinds of community-based emergency response. The bill will help provide for the dispatch of professionals trained in mental and behavioral health, crisis response, or mediation instead of law enforcement.

 
 
 

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