(a) On or before December 1 each year, beginning in 2022, the Center shall produce and update a multiyear strategic plan to implement the recommendations of the report of the annual State Sequential Intercept Model Summit. (b) The strategic plan shall include: (1) A plan for formal, consistent, appropriate, and coordinated behavioral health screening processes that are properly applied at jail booking, including expanded behavioral health screening for veterans; (2) Recommendations for the coordination of behavioral health and criminal justice initiatives with related State health initiatives; (3) Recommendations for investment in preventive services systems including: (i) Assertive community treatment; (ii) Crisis response services; (iii) Harm reduction strategies; and (iv) Other preventive services for individuals with behavioral health disorders; (4) An expansion of the use of technology and data analysis across the behavioral health, public safety, and criminal justice systems in accordance with the purposes of the Center; (5) A plan for expanding the use of peer support services across intercepts; and (6) A racial impact analysis. blic safety, and criminal justice systems in accordance with the purposes of the Center; (5) A plan for expanding the use of peer support services across intercepts; and (6) A racial impact analysis. (c) In developing the strategic plan, the Center shall consider: (1) Opportunities for the provision of pre–crisis–to–recovery services to individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system; (2) The availability of housing options for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system; and (3) The availability of transportation for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system.
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