1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 . 2. Findings and sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Fragmentation of mental health services and limited access to crisis services complicates and elongates mental health patient stays in emergency departments and under the custody of law enforcement. (2) Emergency departments and the criminal justice system do not have the capacity with existing resources and health care professional shortages to address the needs of the rapidly growing number of individuals with mental health conditions, increasing the risk of adverse patient outcomes. (3) In 2017, 150,000 individuals in the United States died from alcohol and drug-induced fatalities and suicides. Nearly 1/3 , or more than 47,000 were suicides. (4) From 2016 to 2018, more than 1/4 of hospital emergency department frequent users in Illinois were patients with presenting or underlying mental health conditions, underscoring the need for additional funding, continued access to real-time care and connection to long-term treatment options. (5) Fifteen percent of men and 30 percent of women in custody of county jails have severe mental illnesses. (6) Use of appropriate crisis facilities and interventions in Maricopa County, Arizona, have saved emergency departments an estimated $37,000,000 in 2016 and saved the equivalent of 37 police officer full-time equivalent salaries. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) for patients with mental health issues, coordination of physical and mental health services and cooperation with law enforcement are essential to ensure timely, appropriate care