1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Safety and Community Support Act . 2. Deflection and pre-arrest diversion (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Law enforcement officers and other first responders are at the front line of the opioid epidemic. However, a traditional law enforcement response to substance use often fails to disrupt the cycle of addiction and arrest, or reduce the risk of overdose. (2) Law enforcement-assisted deflection and diversion programs have the potential to improve public health, decrease the number of people entering the criminal justice system for low-level offenses, and address racial disparities. (3) According to the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice, Five pathways have been most commonly associated with opioid overdose prevention and diversion to treatment. The 6 pathways are— (A) self-referral , in which— (i) an individual voluntarily initiates contact with a first responder, such as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services professional, for a treatment referral (without fear of arrest); and (ii) the first responder personally introduces the individual to a treatment provider (commonly known as a warm handoff ); (B) active outreach , in which a law enforcement officer or other first responder— (i) identifies or seeks out individuals in need of substance use disorder treatment; and (ii) makes a warm handoff of such an individual to a treatment provider, who engages the individual in treatment; (C) naloxone plus , in which a law enforcement officer or other first responder engages an individual in treatment as a follow-up to an overdose response; (D) officer prevention referral , in which a law enforcement officer or other first responder initiates treatment engagement with an individual, but no criminal charges are filed against the individual; (E) officer intervention referral , in which— (i) a law enforcement officer or other first responder initiates treatment engagement with an individual