Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act

Bill: 117-s-3677
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-02-17
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Mental health

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 504.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the provision of professional counseling services to victims of declared emergencies (current law limits such authorization to victims of major disasters).</p>

action_date: 2022-09-27
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><strong>Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the provision of professional counseling services to victims of declared emergencies (current law limits such authorization to victims of major disasters).</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3677 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 17, 2022 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Portman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide professional counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act . 2. Crisis counseling assistance and training Section 502(a)(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5192(a)(6) ) is amended by inserting and section 416 after section 408 .

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 504 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3677 [Report No. 117–162] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 17, 2022 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Portman , and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs September 27, 2022 Reported by Mr. Peters , without amendment A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide professional counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under such Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act . 2. Crisis counseling assistance and training Section 502(a)(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5192(a)(6) ) is amended by inserting and section 416 after section 408 .

September 27, 2022 Reported without amendment