HR 1646 · 116th Congress · Health
HERO Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2020-09-22)
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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.…
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Cosponsors (20)
19 Democrats1 Republican