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,s4 #dbhb  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!      
,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,july #bb1 #bjbj,mr4   
,man*9 7= himself & ,mr4 ,g>dn]7        
introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 read     
twice & ref]r$ to ! ,committee on       
,heal?1 ,education1 ,labor1 & ,p5sions  
,a ,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,community ,m5tal 
,heal? ,s]vice ,block ,grant to au?orize
 a set-aside = crisis c>e s]vices1 & =  
o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act
 may be cit$ z ! ,crisis ,c>e           
,improvem5t & ,suicide ,prev5tion ,act (
 #bjbj4  #b4 ,f9d+s & s5se ( ,congress  
7a7 ,f9d+s ,congress f9ds ! foll[+3 7#a7
 ,fragm5tation ( m5tal heal? s]vices &  
limit$ access to crisis s]vices         
complicates & elongates m5tal heal?     
pati5t /ays 9 em]g5cy dep>tm5ts & "u !  
cu/ody ( law en=cem5t4  7#b7 ,em]g5cy   
dep>tm5ts & ! crim9al ju/ice sy/em d n h
 ! capacity ) exi/+ res\rces & heal? c>e
 pr(essional %ortages to address ! ne$s 
( ! rapidly gr[+ numb] ( individuals )  
m5tal heal? conditions1 increas+ ! risk 

( adv]se pati5t outcomes4  7#c7 ,9      
#bjag1 #aej1jjj individuals 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates di$ f alcohol & drug-induc$      
fatalities & suicides4 ,ne>ly #a_/c1 or 
m ?an #dg1jjj 7 suicides4  7#d7 ,f #bjaf
 to #bjah1 m ?an #a_/d ( hospital       
em]g5cy dep>tm5t frequ5t us]s 9 ,ill9ois
 7 pati5ts ) pres5t+ or und]ly+ m5tal   
heal? conditions1 und]scor+ ! ne$ =     
additional fund+1 cont9u$ access to     
real-"t c>e & connection to long-t]m    
treatm5t options4  7#e7 ,fifte5 p]c5t ( 
m5 & #cj p]c5t ( wom5 9 cu/ody ( c\nty  
jails h sev]e m5tal illnesses4  7#f7    
,use ( appropriate crisis facilities &  
int]v5tions 9 ,m>icopa ,c\nty1 ,arizona1
 h sav$ em]g5cy dep>tm5ts an e/imat$    
#cg1jjj1jjj 9 #bjaf & sav$ ! equival5t (
 #cg police (fic] full-"t equival5t     
sal>ies4  7b7 ,s5se ( ,congress ,x is ! 
s5se ( ,congress t-- 7#a7 = pati5ts )   
m5tal heal? issues1 coord9ation (       
physical & m5tal heal? s]vices &        
coop]ation ) law en=cem5t are ess5tial  
to ensure timely1 appropriate c>e2 &    

7#b7 crisis c>e networks e/abli%$ at    
,/ate & local levels h sav$ res\rces &  
%[n improv$ outcomes = pati5ts 9 crisis4
  #c4 ,evid5ce-bas$ crisis c>e programs 
7a7 ,9 g5]al ,section #aiab7;b77#a7 ( ! 
,public ,heal? ,s]vice ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #cjjx-#a7;b77#a77-- 7#a7 9    
subp>agraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 by r$esignat+   
clauses 7vi7 & 7vii7 z clauses 7vii7 &  
7viii71 respectively2 &  7,b7 by ins]t+ 
aft] clause 7v71 ! foll[+3  7vi7 include
 a description ( h[ ! ,/ate supports    
evid5c$-bas$ programs t address ! crisis
 c>e ne$s ( individuals ) s]i\s m5tal   
disord]s1 & *ildr5 ) s]i\s m5tal &      
emotional di/urbances1 t include at lea/
 "o ( ! core compon5ts specifi$ 9       
subp>agraph 7,f72  2 &  7#b7 by add+ at 
! end ! foll[+3  7,f7 ,core compon5ts = 
crisis c>e s]vices ,! core compon5ts ( a
 program ref]r$ to 9 subp>agraph        
7,a77vi7 include ! foll[+3 7i7 ,crisis  
call c5t]s4  7ii7 #bd_/g mobile crisis  
s]vices4  7iii7 ,crisis /abilization    
programs (f]+ acute c>e or sub-acute c>e

 9 a hospital or appropriately lic5s$   
facility1 ) ref]rals to inpati5t or     
outpati5t c>e1 z det]m9$ by ! ,assi/ant 
,secret>y = ,m5tal ,heal? & ,sub/ance   
,use4  4  7b7 ,set-,aside =             
evid5ce-,bas$ crisis c>e s]vices        
,section #aibj ( ! ,public ,heal?       
,s]vice ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjx-#i7 is
 am5d$ by add+ at ! end ! foll[+3  7d7  
,crisis ,c>e  7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,except z   
provid$ 9 p>agraph 7#c71 a ,/ate %all   
exp5d at lea/ #e p]c5t ( ! allotm5t ( ! 
,/ate pursuant to a fund+ agreem5t "u   
section #aiaa = ea* fiscal ye> to       
support programs describ$ 9 section     
#aiab7;b77#a77;,a77vi74  7#b7 ,/ate     
,flexibility ,9 lieu ( exp5d+ #e p]c5t (
 ! ,/ate's allotm5t = a fiscal ye> z    
requir$ by p>agraph 7#a71 a ,/ate may   
elect to exp5d n less ?an #aj p]c5t (   
su* am\nt by ! end ( #b consecutive     
fiscal ye>s4  7#c7 ,fund+ ,cont+5cy     
,p>agraph 7#a7 %all n apply ) respect to
 a fiscal ye> unless ! am\nt made       
available to c>ry out ?is section = t   

fiscal ye> exce$s ! am\nt appropriat$ to
 c>ry out ?is section = fiscal ye> #bjbj
 by at lea/ #ce1jjj1jjj4  4