Advisory board on program implementation

(a) Establishment Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish an Advisory Board to manage and administer the grant program under section 2, with the responsibility for the following: (1) Evaluating and approving the plans submitted by a State or locality as required under section 2 and ensuring that grant funding is used as specified under section 2. (2) Monitoring plans submitted by the Bureau of Prisons and advise the Attorney General on compliance to ensure that funding to the Bureau of Prisons is used as specified under section 3. (3) Providing technical assistance to a State or locality to help with the implementation and administration of mental health screening and referral programs. (4) Creating a working group of mental health care providers, jail and prison administrators, law enforcement officials, and operators of existing mental health screening and referral programs to share best practices on how to create and implement mental health screening and referral programs that have the largest impact on reducing crime rates and improving employment and wage rates for individuals released from prison or jail. (5) Working in coordination with mental health outreach teams as established under section 2, to ensure that the grant program under such section is operating as required. (6) Determining if a grant awarded by the Program is not meeting the requirements of the Program and mandate necessary changes and reducing funding if such changes are not made. (7) Developing a self-reporting process for mental health assistance that protects the anonymity and privacy of the officer and identifies and neutralizes any impediment to self-reporting, including loss of job and benefits. (b) Technical assistance The Advisory Board shall provide technical assistance to the Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities in setting up and administering the Program and shall identify evidence-backed models for the administration of mental health screening and referral programs that the Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities can look to when designing their own programs. (c) Membership (1) In general The Attorney General shall appoint members to serve on the Advisory Board established under subsection (a) who have expertise in— (A) designing and administering mental health screenings and providing referrals for corrections officers; (B) mental health care within prisons or jails; or (C) program evaluation using rigorous experimental and quasi-experimental statistical methods. (2) Number of members The Attorney General shall appoint as many members to the Advisory Board established under subsection (a) as the Attorney General determines appropriate.