Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act

Bill: 117-hr-5703
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-10-22
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Mental health

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 379.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: 2022-09-28
action_desc: Reported to House
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: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5703 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 22, 2021 Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Titus , Mr. McKinley , and Mr. Meijer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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: IB Union Calendar No. 379 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5703 [Report No. 117–504] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 22, 2021 Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Titus , Mr. McKinley , and Mr. Meijer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure September 28, 2022 Additional sponsors: Mr. Garbarino , Mr. Moolenaar , Mrs. Axne , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Katko , Ms. Wild , Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio , Mr. Allred , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Ms. Williams of Georgia , and Ms. Plaskett September 28, 2022 Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 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 28, 2022 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed