S. 2304 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses.

== Detailed Summary ==

<summary>
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Amends<b>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets ActSenate on September 26, 2008. The summary of 1968 to increase the authorization of appropriations for the grant program for adult and juvenile collaboration for access to adequate mental health treatment and to extend such funding through FY2014. Directs the Attorney General to give priority to grant applications that promote effective strategies to identify and treat mentally-ill offenders and that meet other criteria.version is repeated here.)</b>

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes,Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and tribal organizations for training programsCrime Reduction Reauthorization and other services to assist law enforcement officersImprovement Act of 2008<b> - </b> Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and campus security personnel in responding appropriatelySafe Streets Act of 1968 to incidents involving mentally-ill individuals. Requiresextend through 2014 the Directorauthorization of appropriations for the Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop training models for law enforcement personneladult and juvenile mental health collaboration grant program. Includes within the priorities for responding toawarding grants under such program the needsidentification and treatment of mentally-ill offenders and the expanded use of individuals with mental illnesses, including suicide prevention. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2014.health courts.

(Sec. 5) Reauthorizes Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to: (1) offer law enforcement officers and campus security personnel training to respond appropriately to incidents involving mentally-ill individuals; (2) establish specialized receiving centers to assess the mental health courts grant program for FY2009-FY2014. Expandsrequirements and suicide risk of individuals in law enforcement custody; (3) provide computerized information systems to improve the permissible usesresponse of grant fundslaw enforcement and criminal justice personnel to include pretrial servicesmentally-ill offenders; and (4) establish cooperative programs to provide alternativespromote public safety by using effective intervention for mentally-ill offenders. Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to incarcerationdevelop training models for offenderslaw enforcement personnel for responding to the needs of individuals with mental illnesses.illnesses, including suicide prevention. Prohibits federal matching funds from exceeding 50% of the cost of a grant program.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Attorney General to examine and report to Congress on mental illness and the criminal justice system, including: (1) the rate of occurrence of serious mental illnesses in individuals (including juveniles) on probation, incarcerated in a jail, incarcerated in ajail or prison, or on parole; and (2) the percentage of individuals in each of those populations withwho have a serious mental illnesses whoillness and have received social security disability benefits. Authorizes appropriations.
</summary>

<!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. -->

== Status of the Legislation ==

<status>
Latest Major Action: 4/1/2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622.10/3/2008: Presented to President.
</status>

<!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. -->

== Points in Favor ==

(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)
<!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! -->

== Points Against ==

(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)
<!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! -->