; and (2) by inserting , including partnerships with health care providers to create and operate mental health crisis intervention teams before the semicolon at the end. 4. Best practices for behavioral intervention teams The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 520G of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–38 ) the following new section: 520H. Best practices for behavioral intervention teams (a) In general The Secretary shall identify and facilitate the development of best practices to assist elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education in establishing and using behavioral intervention teams. (b) Elements The best practices under subsection (a) shall address the following: (1) How behavioral intervention teams can operate effectively from an evidence-based, objective perspective while protecting the constitutional and civil rights of individuals. (2) The use of behavioral intervention teams to identify concerning behaviors, implement interventions, and manage risk through the framework of the school’s or institution’s rules or code of conduct, as applicable. (3) How behavioral intervention teams can, when assessing an individual of concern— (A) access training on evidence-based, threat-assessment strategies; (B) ensure that such teams— (i) have trained, diverse stakeholders with varied expertise; and (ii) use cross-validation by a wide-range of individual perspectives on the team; and (C) use violence threat assessment. (4) How behavioral intervention teams can help mitigate— (A) the inappropriate use of mental health assessments; (B) inappropriate limitations or restrictions on law enforcement’s jurisdiction over criminal matters; (C) attempts to substitute the behavioral intervention process in place of a criminal process, or impede a criminal process, when an individual's behavior has potential criminal implications