9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Garbarino
Introduced
Summary
Expands who can certify mental-health conditions for the World Trade Center Health Program. It would also reset long-range funding rules and require a congressional report on program costs and projections.
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- Responders and survivors: Initial mental-health evaluations and certifications could be done by licensed mental health providers, not only physicians. The window to add responder conditions would move from 90 days to 180 days, and deceased individuals would be excluded from enrollee counts.
- Providers and the Nationwide Network: The WTC Program Administrator would be the credentialing authority and must issue regulations within 180 days defining which categories of licensed mental health providers may perform evaluations.
- Program funding and oversight: Annual funding would follow a formula that applies about a 7 percent growth factor to the prior year and adjusts for enrollee changes. The Secretary must submit a report within three years projecting budget needs and recommending formula changes to cover future costs.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
New long-term funding for 9/11 health
If enacted, annual WTC Health Program funding for 2026 through 2090 would follow a set formula. Each year would start with last year’s amount, multiplied by 1.07, and adjusted by the change in July 1 enrollee counts. For 2026, funding would be at least last year’s spending plus 25%, or the pre-enactment amount, whichever is larger. For 2025, the pre-enactment rules would apply. The bill would also base some baselines on the amount actually spent in the prior year, and leftover funds would return to the Treasury under federal closing rules.
More mental health provider options for 9/11 care
If enacted, you could get initial mental health evaluations from licensed mental health providers, not just doctors. The WTC Program Administrator would set which provider types qualify in rules due within 180 days after enactment. Panels that review mental health cases could include those qualified providers. This could make it easier and faster to get care and program decisions.
Longer wait to add responder conditions
If enacted, the Administrator would have 180 days, not 90 days, to add new responder health conditions. This could delay when newly recognized conditions become eligible for program decisions and care. The change would apply to two deadline references in current law.
New rules for provider credentials and counts
If enacted, the WTC Program Administrator would be the credentialing authority for the nationwide provider network. The bill would also stop counting people known to be deceased in enrollee and certified-eligible survivor tallies. This could change program reports and any formulas that use those counts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Garbarino
NY • R
Cosponsors
Nadler
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Gillen
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Torres (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Latimer
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Clarke (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Langworthy
NY • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Espaillat
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Ryan
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Suozzi
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Velazquez
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Meeks
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Meng
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Pou
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/3/2025
Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
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Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sherrill
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Titus
NV • D
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Vindman
VA • D
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Morelle
NY • D
Sponsored 3/10/2025
Bacon
NE • R
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Neguse
CO • D
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Jeffries
NY • D
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Ross
NC • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Subramanyam
VA • D
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Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Gomez
CA • D
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Mannion
NY • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Reschenthaler
PA • R
Sponsored 3/26/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 3/27/2025
Deluzio
PA • D
Sponsored 3/31/2025
Brownley
CA • D
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Stefanik
NY • R
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Landsman
OH • D
Sponsored 4/29/2025
Thanedar
MI • D
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Thompson (MS)
MS • D
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Barr
KY • R
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Cisneros
CA • D
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Pocan
WI • D
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Takano
CA • D
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Crow
CO • D
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Keating
MA • D
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Trahan
MA • D
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Ciscomani
AZ • R
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Moulton
MA • D
Sponsored 6/20/2025
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 6/25/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
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Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Houlahan
PA • D
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
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Ramirez
IL • D
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Garamendi
CA • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Wilson (SC)
SC • R
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Khanna
CA • D
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Wittman
VA • R
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Whitesides
CA • D
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Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
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Lee (PA)
PA • D
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Tokuda
HI • D
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Chu
CA • D
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Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Lee (NV)
NV • D
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Kim
CA • R
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Hamadeh (AZ)
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Lynch
MA • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Courtney
CT • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rivas
CA • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
McDonald Rivet
MI • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Swalwell
CA • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Sykes
OH • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Turner (OH)
OH • R
Sponsored 9/11/2025
Gimenez
FL • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Garcia (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Kamlager-Dove
CA • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Kelly (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Ruiz
CA • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Sorensen
IL • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Johnson (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
DeLauro
CT • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Vasquez
NM • D
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McGarvey
KY • D
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McIver
NJ • D
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Dean (PA)
PA • D
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Mackenzie
PA • R
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Peters
CA • D
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Davis (IL)
IL • D
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Sewell
AL • D
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Van Drew
NJ • R
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Carbajal
CA • D
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Cohen
TN • D
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Kelly (IL)
IL • D
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Stansbury
NM • D
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Ansari
AZ • D
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Veasey
TX • D
Sponsored 11/12/2025
Himes
CT • D
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Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Menendez
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Smith (NJ)
NJ • R
Sponsored 11/25/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Larson (CT)
CT • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Pallone
NJ • D
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Conaway
NJ • D
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Fine
FL • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Matsui
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Min
CA • D
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Pappas
NH • D
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Tran
CA • D
Sponsored 12/19/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Beatty
OH • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
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