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Mental Health Justice Act of 2022
This bill creates a grant program for states, tribal entities, and local governments to train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond, instead of law enforcement officers, to emergencies that involve people with behavioral health needs.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) must manage the program in consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ). SAMHSA may cancel grants that increase incarceration or institutionalization.
The Department of Health and Human Services and DOJ must evaluate this program.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 8542 as passed House on Sep 22, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Sep 22, 2022
Mental Health Justice Act of 2022
Passed
223 Yea 206 Nay 3 not voting
Party-line vote 3 of 429 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Organizations that named H.R. 8542 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
6 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.