Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESGeneral FundFY25-26$863,800FY26-27 & Subsequent Years$584,400Total Positions Required: 6 LOCAL GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESMandatoryFY25-26 & Subsequent Years$24,519,800Total Positions Required: 300 Article II, Section 24 of the Tennessee Constitution provides that: no law of general application shall impose increased expenditure requirements on cities or counties unless the General Assembly shall provide that the state share in the cost. Bill Summary This bill requires the peace officer standards and training commission to (i) establish uniform training standards for alternative crisis response units for all law enforcement agencies and (ii) annually provide full-time police officers with training on how to best support a qualified mental health professional to a call for service with the alternative crisis response unit. As used in this bill, an "alternative crisis response unit" means a program where a qualified mental health professional, who is employed by a law enforcement agency, accompanies a full-time police officer on mental-health related calls for service, and the qualified mental health professional is considered the lead on the call. By January 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency must develop and implement an alternative crisis unit.
