Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act

Bill: 116-hr-1646
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 

Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 

2019
 
or the HERO Act of 2019

 
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). For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies.

action_date: 2020-09-18
text: 

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.

action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 

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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4627-4629)
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: 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)
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1646.
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4627-4630)
action_date: 2020-09-21
text: Mrs. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-09-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2020-09-18
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-18
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-519, Part I.
action_date: 2020-09-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-519, Part I.
action_date: 2020-07-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-07-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-06-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Introduced in House