Agricultural Access to Addiction and Mental Health Care Act
Sponsored By: Representative Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced
Summary
Improve access to addiction and mental health care for farmers and ranchers by directing USDA to study how well rural addiction and mental health services meet the needs of agricultural families and workers and to identify practical fixes. The study would examine availability, barriers like cost and distance, training and telehealth options, and whether six reimbursable therapy sessions through the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network are feasible.
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- Farmers, ranchers, and family members would get a targeted assessment of care gaps and recommendations for services tuned to agricultural life, including youth curricula and peer-support ideas.
- Rural providers and communities would see a plan to expand capacity through telehealth, cultural competency training, paraprofessional certificate programs, and better coordination with agricultural organizations.
- Federal, State, and nonprofit stakeholders would be tapped for input and would receive a report with findings and recommendations to Congress within 180 days of enactment.
*This bill would authorize $1.0 million per year for FY2026–FY2029, a total of $4.0 million, which would modestly increase federal spending if appropriated.*
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Study and funding for farmer mental health
If enacted, the Secretary of Agriculture would study how easy it is for farmers, ranchers, agricultural workers, and their families to get addiction and mental health care. The study would focus on people hurt by severe, persistent drought, extreme weather, commodity-market instability, misinformation, and related problems. It would examine rural availability of trained providers, financial, geographic, and cultural barriers, and state and local best practices like training, cultural competency, peer-support certificates, youth curricula, telehealth, outreach, and coordination with agricultural groups. The study would also assess whether the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network could fund six reimbursable therapy sessions for farmers and family members. The bill would authorize $1,000,000 per year for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 to carry out the study, and the Secretary would have to report findings to the House and Senate agriculture committees within 180 days after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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