# 119-hr-1902: HERO Act

119-hr-1902, HERO Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1902
- Congress: 119
- Title: HERO Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-03

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (36)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Peer-support grants for firefighters and EMS: benefit, medium. 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: benefit, medium. 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…
- Wellness grants for hospital and clinic staff: benefit, medium. 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 s…
- Track officer suicides with survivor benefit protections: benefit, low. 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 insu…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1902 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1902)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1902 (as of 2026-11-03).