Peer Support for Firefighters Act

Bill: 118-hr-7069
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
Introduced: 2024-01-22
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7069 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2024 Ms. Salinas (for herself and Ms. Tokuda ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to expand permissible uses of assistance to firefighters grant funds relating to behavioral and mental health, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Peer Support for Firefighters Act . 2. Expansion of permissible uses of assistance to firefighters grant funds relating to behavioral and mental health Paragraph (3) of section 33(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2229(c) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (N) as subparagraphs (G) through (O), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: (F) To support behavioral and mental health, including the development of or expansion of evidence-based peer support programs. .