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First Responders Wellness Act

Introduced: February 20, 2025 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 20, 2025
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First Responders Wellness Act

This bill establishes a national mental health hotline for first responders and provides mental health services for emergency response providers responding to major disasters.

The bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to establish a mental health hotline staffed with specialists trained to provide first responders and their families with peer support, mental and behavioral health and substance use disorder assistance, and referral services. SAMHSA must raise awareness about the hotline and develop guidance regarding first responders for personnel operating the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. SAMHSA must report to Congress annually on the hotline.

Also, the bill expands the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, which provides mental health services to victims of major disasters, so that emergency response providers responding to major disasters may also receive these services.

Additionally, the bill requires SAMHSA to publish a report with recommendations for establishing a mobile health care delivery site to provide crisis services to emergency response providers responding to a major disaster.

What's happening now February 20, 2025

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

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 Lobbying activity 17

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
    for SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY · New York · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
    for NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • STEPTOE LLP
    for PEACE OFFICERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA · California · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC
    for SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY · New York · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
    for NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
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 Cosponsors 1
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Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Feb 20, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 666: First Responders Wellness Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-666/
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"S. 666: First Responders Wellness Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-666/.
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