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117-hr-2992117th Congress
TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act
Sponsored By: Representative Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Became Law
Summary
Training first responders to recognize and respond to brain injuries and PTSD is the law's central aim. It directs the Justice Department to develop crisis intervention training tools and prioritize placing them at designated police-mental health learning sites.
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- First responders and frontline officers get training tools that explain symptoms, teach interaction techniques, and help identify traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Designated Law Enforcement Mental Health Learning Sites must use the tools.
- The Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, must consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and gather best practices from first responder groups, hospitals, veteran organizations, and mental health providers. The tools will be added to the Police-Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit.
- The Secretary of Health and Human Services must complete a study on concussion prevalence and incidence among first responders within 24 months, working with CDC, NIH, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs and report incidence data and resource recommendations to Congress.
*This law authorizes $54 million per year for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 and increases federal spending by about $270 million over five years.*
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New brain injury and trauma training for first responders
The Justice Department creates crisis training tools for first responders on brain injury and PTSD. The tools explain symptoms, how to spot them, and how to respond. The law provides $54 million each year for 2023–2027 to carry out this work. The tools must be ready within one year of enactment and added to the Police‑Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit. At least one designated learning site must use them, and the training becomes part of an existing Justice program.
Study on concussions in first responders
Health and Human Services must study concussions in first responders. The study is done with CDC, NIH, Defense, and VA. The report must include how often concussions happen and resource ideas for injured responders. The report goes to the House Energy and Commerce and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees within 24 months of enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
NJ • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 5/4/2021
Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 5/4/2021
Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]
FL • R
Sponsored 5/4/2021
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 5/10/2022
Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/10/2022
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/10/2022
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
NJ • R
Sponsored 5/10/2022
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
TX • D
Sponsored 5/10/2022
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 5/11/2022
Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/13/2022
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 5/13/2022
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/13/2022
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 5/16/2022
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 5/18/2022
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 400 • No: 21