EMT Act
Sponsored By: Representative Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]
Introduced
Summary
Build a national fellowship to train trauma‑informed mental health professionals for emergency responders. This bill would create a Public Safety Mental Health Fellowship Program to fund postbaccalaureate training, stipends, research, and services that improve prevention, treatment, and recovery support for emergency response providers.
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Fellowships to train mental-health professionals for responders
If enacted, this bill would create a Public Safety Mental Health Fellowship Program. The Secretary would have to start the program within 1 year. The program would award fellowships, which may include stipends, to support postbaccalaureate training such as master's and doctoral degrees in psychiatry, nursing, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and substance use disorder counseling. The bill would authorize $10,000,000 per year for each of fiscal years 2028 through 2033 to carry out the pilot. The program would set rules for who counts as a culturally competent provider and which workers count as emergency response providers.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]
FL • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Roll Call Votes
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