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Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004

Public Law 108-414 · S. 1194 · 108th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Oct 30, 2004 · Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)

Cosponsors (7): Sen. Patrick Leahy,

Passage votes

  • HouseVoice vote
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to eligible State and local governments and Indian tribes and organizations to plan and implement programs that: (1) promote public safety by ensuring access to mental health and other treatment services for mentally ill adults or juveniles; and (2) are overseen cooperatively by a criminal justice agency, juvenile justice agency, or mental health court and a mental health agency (collaboration programs). Requires such programs to target nonviolent adults or juveniles who: (1) have been diagnosed as having a mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders or who manifest obvious signs of such an illness or disorder during arrest or confinement or before any court; and (2) face criminal charges and are deemed eligible on the ground that the commission of the offense is the product of the person's mental illness.

Directs that grants be used to create or expand: (1) mental health courts or other court-based programs for such persons; (2) programs that offer specialized training to criminal or juvenile justice agency officers and employees and mental health personnel in identifying symptoms in order to respond appropriately to individuals with mental illnesses; (3) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health and substance abuse treatment services; and (4) programs that support intergovernmental cooperation between State and local governments with respect to the mentally ill offender.

Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop a procedure for applying simultaneously for a planning grant and an implementation grant; and (2) establish an interagency task force to identify policies which hinder or facilitate local collaborative initiatives for such offenders. Directs the Attorney General to develop a list of best practices for appropriate diversion from incarceration of adult and juvenile offenders.

Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

  • Judiciary Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
  • Judiciary Committee · Senate · hearings by, markup by, referred to, reported by
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Related bills

1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 2387Related bill

    Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 33 actions.

  1. Oct 30, 2004Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 108-414.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Oct 21, 2004FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Oct 18, 2004FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Oct 11, 2004Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Oct 7, 2004FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
  8. Oct 6, 2004FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  10. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1194.
  11. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  12. FloorFloor · Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Oct 5, 2004CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.
  14. CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-732.
  15. Sep 30, 2004CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  16. CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  17. Sep 23, 2004CommitteeCommittee · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  18. CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  19. Jun 22, 2004CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  20. CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
  21. Dec 10, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  22. Oct 28, 2003FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  23. FloorFloor · Received in the House.
  24. CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  25. Oct 27, 2003FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  26. Oct 23, 2003CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 321.
  27. CommitteeCommittee · Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  28. CommitteeCommittee · Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  29. Jul 30, 2003CommitteeCommittee · Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-372.
  30. CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Senate Judiciary Committee
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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.