Bill would provide $100M in grants for response to mental health calls

U.S. senators will re-introduce a bill next week in an effort to find alternatives to police responses, specifically, who should respond to mental health calls. It's a revised version of the bill that Congress introduced last session. The legislation includes input from community groups and activists on the changes they wanted to see. The bill would provide $100 million in federal grants over five years through the Department of Health and Human Services. In the final two years, local jurisdictions would put in a 25% contribution.