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HERO Act

Introduced: March 12, 2020 Introduced by: Bera, Ami Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps

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Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 22, 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sep 21, 2020

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 21, 2020

Mrs. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Sep 21, 2020

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4627-4629)

Sep 21, 2020

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1646.

Sep 21, 2020

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4627-4630)

Sep 21, 2020

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4627-4629)

Sep 18, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.

Sep 18, 2020

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

Sep 18, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-519, Part I.

Jul 15, 2020

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Jul 15, 2020

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jun 30, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Mar 9, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Mar 8, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 8, 2019

Introduced in House

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Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act or the HERO Act

This bill establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 9-1-1 operators) and health care providers. For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies, and (3) a grant program for behavioral health and wellness programs for health care providers.

What's happening now September 22, 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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