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First Responders Wellness Act

What this bill does

  • Creates a national mental health hotline for first responders staffed with specialists trained in peer support and substance use disorder assistance.
  • Serves firefighters, police, paramedics, and their families, plus emergency workers responding to major disasters.
  • SAMHSA administers the program with annual congressional reporting; expands existing disaster mental health services to include first responders.

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    How should Congress prioritize funding for first responder mental health services compared to other public health initiatives?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that peer-support hotlines reduce suicide and substance abuse rates among firefighters, police, and paramedics?

  3. 03

    Should the program include preventive training and workplace mental health resources, or focus primarily on crisis intervention through the hotline?

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Sponsor · D-NY

Kirsten E. Gillibrand

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Introduced 2025-02-20

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-20 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2025-02-20 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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