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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
HR1902119th CongressWALLET
HERO Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
Introduced
Summary
National data and support for public safety officers' mental health. This bill creates a federal system to track suicide among public safety officers, including firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, and public safety telecommunicators, and pairs that system with grants and clinical resources to prevent and treat PTSD and related conditions.
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- Public safety officers and telecommunicators: creates a data system to monitor suicide with required data elements, privacy protections, and annual, disaggregated reports to Congress that will be shared publicly through CDC channels.
- Fire departments and EMS agencies: authorizes grant-based peer-support programs to train and deploy peer counselors and defines eligible entities and members for those grants.
- Health care providers who treat responders: funds confidential behavioral health and peer counseling programs for clinicians who treat public safety officers and directs development of resources to educate mental health professionals about responder care.
- Federal practice and training: requires HHS to develop and update evidence-based best practices for PTSD and co-occurring disorders and to incorporate those practices into federal training programs using the system's annual data.
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Peer-support grants for firefighters and EMS
Nonprofit groups could get grants to build peer-support and wellness programs in fire and EMS agencies. Grants would train members as peer counselors, buy training materials, and share program info. Career and volunteer members could serve as peer counselors. This would start upon enactment.
PTSD and mental health guides for responders
HHS would create and update best-practice guides to spot, prevent, and treat PTSD in police, firefighters, and EMS. The U.S. Fire Administration, with HHS, would publish guides to teach clinicians about fire and EMS culture, stress, and therapies. The materials would also address retirees and chief officers. Agencies would share these guides and add them to federal training. This would start upon enactment.
Wellness grants for hospital and clinic staff
Hospitals, health centers, and other facilities could get grants to support staff mental health. Programs would offer confidential counseling and wellness seminars. They would train providers to be peer counselors and pay for training materials. These grants focus on providers who care for public safety workers. This would start upon enactment.
Track officer suicides with survivor benefit protections
HHS and CDC would build a system to track suicides among public safety officers. Data would include counts and rates by age, sex, State, job, and retiree status. An initial report would go to Congress in two years, then every two years, and be posted on the CDC website. The bill would also bar insurers from using this database to deny or take back survivor benefits.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]
IN • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Latimer
NY • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
WA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
Gillen
NY • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
McClain Delaney
MD • D
Sponsored 3/18/2025
McDonald Rivet
MI • D
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
NC • D
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
MA • D
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 4/15/2026
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Sponsored 4/23/2026
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