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First Responders Wellness Act This bill establishes a national mental health hotline for first responders and provides mental health services for emergency response providers responding to major disasters. The bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to establish a mental health hotline staffed with specialists trained to provide first responders and their families with peer support, mental and behavioral health and substance use disorder assistance, and referral services. SAMHSA must raise awareness about the hotline and develop guidance regarding first responders for personnel operating the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. SAMHSA must report to Congress annually on the hotline. Also, the bill expands the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, which provides mental health services to victims of major disasters, so that emergency response providers responding to major disasters may also receive these services. Additionally, the bill requires SAMHSA to publish a report with recommendations for establishing a mobile health care delivery site to provide crisis services to emergency response providers responding to a major disaster.
Introduced
Feb 20, 2025
Last Action
Feb 20, 2025
Session
119th Congress
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Passage Probability
2% — Very Low
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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2%
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