,i #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ahec ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #c1 #bjag,mr4 ,crowley introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to authorize the ,attorney ,general1 in consultation with the ,director of the ,national ,institute of ,mental ,health1 to carry out a pilot program in correctional facilities in order to provide mental health services and other social services to eligible individuals1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,kalief ,browder ,reentry ,success ,act of #bjag or ,kalief's ,law4 #b4 ,mental healthcare pilot program for prisoners upon release 7a7 ,authorization ,the ,attorney ,general1 in consultation with the ,director of the ,national ,institute of ,mental ,health1 shall carry out a pilot program in not more than #e correctional facilities owned and operated by the ,bureau of ,prisons and not more than #e correctional facilities owned or operated by a ,state or local department of corrections in order to provide mental health services and other social services to eligible individuals in accordance with subsection 7b74 7b7 ,availability of mental health services ,the head of a correctional facility that is participating in the pilot program under this section shall enter into a contract with a provider of mental health services and providers of other social services in order to provide1 for eligible individuals1 the following3 7#a7 ,a comprehensive screening of the individual's mental health prior to the individual's release from custody4 7#b7 ,upon release from a correctional facility1 access to mental health services and other social services1 including measures to facilitate the individual's access to-- 7,a7 evidence-based psychosocial interventions2 7,b7 necessary psychiatric medications1 including re-evaluation by a psychiatrist who may prescribe medications that are different than those eligible individuals received in a correctional setting2 7,c7 the individual's medical records from the correctional facility2 and 7,d7 services to assist the individual in obtaining housing1 employment1 and personal records1 including records which may be required to obtain a personal identification card4 7c7 ,application for ,state and local correctional facilities ,the head of a ,state or local department of corrections seeking to participate in the pilot program under this section shall submit to the ,attorney ,general an application at such time1 in such manner1 and containing such information as the ,attorney ,general may reasonably require1 including a plan to provide the services described in subsection 7b74 7d7 ,federal prisons ,the ,attorney ,general1 in consultation with the ,director of the ,bureau of ,prisons1 shall select the #e ,federal correctional facilities to participate in the pilot program under this section4 7e7 ,priority ,in determining which correctional facilities to select for the pilot program under this section1 the ,attorney ,general shall give priority to correctional facilities at which-- 7#a7 a high percentage of prisoners spend time in restrictive housing2 or 7#b7 there is a high percentage of recidivism and reincarceration among individuals recently released from that correctional facility4 7f7 ,inclusion of male and female correctional facilities ,at least one correctional facility participating in the pilot program shall be a correctional facility at which only females are incarcerated1 and at least one correctional facility participating in the pilot program shall be a correctional facility at which only males are incarcerated4 7g7 ,certain correctional facilities ineligible ,a correctional facility which is owned or operated by a private company with which a ,state1 unit of local government1 or the ,bureau of ,prisons has a contract is ineligible to participate in the pilot program under this section4 7h7 ,termination ,the pilot program shall terminate on the date which is #b years after the funds to carry out the pilot program are distributed to the correctional facilities participating in the pilot program4 7i7 ,report ,not later than #a year after the conclusion of the pilot program under this section1 the ,attorney ,general1 in consultation with the ,director of the ,national ,institute of ,mental ,health1 shall submit to ,congress a report that contains the following information3 7#a7 ,demographics of the eligible individuals who used the mental health services and other social services made available under the pilot program1 including information relating to race1 ethnicity1 age1 types of disability1 and gender4 7#b7 ,a description of the conditions at the correctional facilities participating in the pilot program1 including information relating to the use and duration of restrictive housing4 7#c7 ,relating to the group of individuals described in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 employment and earning statistics2 7,b7 information relating to housing and homelessness rates2 7,c7 statistics relating to education levels2 7,d7 mental health treatment utilization and adherence1 and mental health outcomes2 7,e7 statistics relating to recidivism2 and 7,f7 statistics relating to reincarceration4 7j7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the term eligible individual means an individual who is serving a term of imprisonment or who is detained pending trial1 and who has been ordered to be released from incarceration on a date that is not more than #ahj days after the date on which the correctional facility at which the individual is incarcerated receives funds to carry out the pilot program under this section4 7#b7 ,the term restrictive housing means any type of detention that involves-- 7,a7 removal from the general inmate population1 whether voluntary or involuntary2 7,b7 placement in a locked room or cell1 whether alone or with another inmate2 and 7,c7 inability to leave the room or cell for the vast majority of the day4 7k7 ,authorization of appropriations ,there is authorized to be appropriated #bj1jjj1jjj to carry out the program under this section for each of fiscal years #bjah through #bjbj4