First Responder Resiliency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6003
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-27
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: First responders and emergency personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>First Responder Resiliency Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill removes matching fund requirements for job-related mental health issues for fire and emergency medical services first responders under the firefighter assistance grant program, and for law enforcement first responders under the public safety and community policing (COPS ON THE BEAT) grant program.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6003 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2020 Ms. Kelly of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , 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 A BILL To exempt certain Federal first responder grants from matching fund requirements to address the Nation’s rising rate of first responder suicides and other mental health issues, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the First Responder Resiliency Act of 2020 . 2. Matching fund exemption for fire and EMS job-related mental health grants Section 33(k)(1) of the Fire Prevention and Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2229(k)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding or subparagraph (C) following except as provided in subparagraph (B) ; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (C) Exception for job-related mental health grants The requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not apply with respect to funds awarded to carry out a program dedicated to raising awareness of, and prevention of, job-related mental health issues (as described in subsection (c)(3)(E)). . 3. Matching fund exemption for law enforcement job-related mental health grants Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(23), by adding job-related mental health issues remediation programs or after establish ; and (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following: Programs funded by a grant under subsection (a) for job-related mental health issues remediation programs or peer mentoring mental health and wellness pilot programs within State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies (as described in subsection (b)(23)) are exempt from the requirements of this subsection. .