House File 861 S-3228 Amend House File 861, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 26, after line 28 by inserting: 3 < DIVISION ___ 4 PUBLIC SAFETY —— COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT FUND 5 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 80.48 Community law enforcement 6 enhancement fund. 7 1. A community law enforcement enhancement fund is 8 established in the state treasury under the control of the 9 department. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to 10 the fund for the purposes specified in subsection 2. 11 2. Moneys appropriated to the fund shall be used for grants 12 to municipal police departments and county sheriff departments. 13 Grants may be awarded for the following purposes: 14 a. Peace officer body cameras. For the purchase of 15 equipment, training, the establishment of information storage 16 and retrieval procedures and facilities, and other expenses 17 properly related to initiating a program for peace officers to 18 wear and operate body cameras while on duty in the community. 19 b. Community mental health advocate. For recruiting, 20 training, and paying a portion of the first-year salary and 21 benefits of a community mental health advocate position within 22 a municipal police department or county sheriff department. 23 The duties of a community mental health advocate shall include 24 but are not limited to the following: 25 (1) Provide access to mental health services that may be 26 necessary after a person’s contact with law enforcement. 27 (2) Act as a liaison between a local law enforcement agency 28 and mental health services providers and agencies. 29 (3) Review departmental calls for mental health services to 30 identify the mental health needs of consumers. 31 (4) Assist mental health consumers with identifying and 32 obtaining services. 33 (5) Assist mental health services providers in 34 understanding consumer needs in the community. 35 -1- HF 861.2563 (2) 89 as/tm 1/ 3 #1.

(6) Coordinate and assist with law enforcement actions 1 requiring possible mental health services. 2 (7) Assist in developing, coordinating, and implementing 3 mental health training. 4 3. A municipal police department or county sheriff 5 department may make separate applications for each of the 6 purposes specified in subsection 2. 7 4. Grant awards may be made for up to fifty thousand dollars 8 per grant awarded. 9 5. The department shall allocate at least thirty percent 10 of available funds for grants for each of the purposes 11 specified in subsection 2, provided that adequate qualified 12 applications are received in each category. The department 13 shall distribute funds as equitably as possible to achieve a 14 balanced distribution of funds geographically within the state 15 and among large and small communities. 16 6. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the fund on 17 June 30 of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund 18 of the state but shall remain available for expenditure for the 19 purposes designated for subsequent fiscal years. 20 7. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 21 necessary for the administration of this section. 22 8. This section is repealed January 1, 2025. 23 Sec. ___. COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT FUND —— 24 APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general fund of 25 the state to the department of public safety for deposit into 26 the community law enforcement enhancement fund established in 27 section 80.48 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and 28 ending June 30, 2022, the following amount, or so much thereof 29 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes of the fund: 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 > 31 2. By renumbering as necessary. 32 -2- HF 861.2563 (2) 89 as/tm 2/ 3