,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ddj #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ceci ,report ,no4 #aaf-edj ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #bg1 #bjai,mr4 ,ferguson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 and ,mr4 ,panetta7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce ,september #bi1 #bjbj;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,peters and ,mr4 ,bilirakis ,september #bi1 #bjbj,reported with an amendment2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic,for text of introduced bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on ,june #bg1 #bjai ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act to direct the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services to develop best practices for the establishment and use of behavioral intervention teams at schools1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,behavioral ,intervention ,guidelines ,act of #bjbj4 #b4 ,best practices for behavioral intervention teams ,the ,public ,health ,service ,act is amended by inserting after section #ebj;,g of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bij;bb-#ch7 the following new section3 #ebj;,h4 ,best practices for behavioral intervention teams 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary1 acting through the ,assistant ,secretary1 shall develop and periodically update-- 7#a7 best practices to assist elementary schools1 secondary schools1 and institutions of higher education in establishing and using behavioral intervention teams2 and 7#b7 a list of evidence-based threat assessment training providers to assist personnel in elementary schools1 secondary schools1 and institutions of higher education in implementing such best practices1 including with respect to training behavioral intervention teams4 7b7 ,elements ,the best practices under subsection 7a77#a7 shall include guidance on the following3 7#a7 ,how behavioral intervention teams can operate effectively from an evidence-based1 objective perspective while protecting the constitutional and civil rights of individuals1 including any individual of concern4 7#b7 ,the use of behavioral intervention teams to identify individuals of concern1 implement interventions1 and manage risk through the framework of the school's or institution's rules or code of conduct1 as applicable4 7#c7 ,how behavioral intervention teams can1 when assessing an individual of concern-- 7,a7 seek training on evidence-based1 threat-assessment rubrics2 7,b7 ensure that such teams-- 7i7 have adequately trained1 diverse stakeholders with varied expertise2 and 7ii7 use cross validation by a wide-range of individual perspectives on the team2 and 7,c7 use violence risk assessment4 7#d7 ,how behavioral intervention teams can avoid-- 7,a7 attempting to predict future behavior by the concept of pre-crime2 7,b7 inappropriately using a mental health assessment2 7,c7 inappropriately limiting or restricting law enforcement's jurisdiction over criminal matters2 7,d7 attempting to substitute the behavioral intervention process in place of a criminal process1 or impede a criminal process1 when an individual of concern's behavior has potential criminal implications2 7,e7 endangering an individual's privacy by failing to ensure that all applicable ,federal and ,state privacy laws are fully complied with2 or 7,f7 creating school-to-prison pipelines4 7c7 ,consultation ,in carrying out subsection 7a77#a71 the ,secretary shall consult with-- 7#a7 the ,secretary of ,education2 7#b7 the ,director of the ,national ,threat ,assessment ,center of the ,department of ,homeland ,security2 7#c7 the ,attorney ,general of the ,united ,states2 and 7#d7 as appropriate1 relevant stakeholders including-- 7,a7 teachers and other educators1 principals1 school administrators1 school board members1 school psychologists1 mental health professionals1 and parents of elementary school and secondary school students2 7,b7 local law enforcement agencies and campus law enforcement administrators2 7,c7 mental health mobile crisis providers2 7,d7 child and adolescent psychiatrists2 and 7,e7 other education and mental health professionals4 7d7 ,publication ,not later than #b years after the date of enactment of this section1 the ,secretary shall publish the best practices under subsection 7a77#a7 and the list under subsection 7a77#b7 on a publicly accessible website of the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services4 7e7 ,technical assistance ,the ,secretary shall provide technical assistance to institutions of higher education1 elementary schools1 and secondary schools to assist such institutions and schools in implementing the best practices under subsection 7a74 7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the term behavioral intervention team means a team of qualified individuals who-- 7,a7 are responsible for identifying and assessing individuals of concern2 and 7,b7 develop and facilitate implementation of evidence-based interventions to mitigate the threat of harm to self or others posed by individuals of concern and address the mental and behavioral health needs of individuals of concern to reduce such threat4 7#b7 ,the terms elementary school1 parent1 and secondary school have the meanings given to such terms in section #haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74 7#c7 ,the term individual of concern means an individual whose behavior indicates a potential threat to self or others4 7#d7 ,the term institution of higher education has the meaning given to such term in section #ajb of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb74 7#e7 ,the term mental health assessment means an evaluation1 primarily focused on diagnosis1 determining the need for involuntary commitment1 medication management1 and on-going treatment recommendations4 7#f7 ,the term pre-crime means law-enforcement efforts and strategies to deter crime by predicting when and where criminal activity will occur4 7#g7 ,the term violence risk assessment refers to a broad determination of the potential risk of violence based on evidence-based literature4 4 ,september #bi1 #bjbj,reported with an amendment2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed