Sec. 3. Peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical service agencies
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Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing or enhancing peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies. A peer-support behavioral health and wellness program funded under this section shall— use career and volunteer members of fire departments or emergency medical services agencies to serve as peer counselors; provide training to members of career, volunteer, and combination fire departments or emergency medical service agencies to serve as such peer counselors; purchase materials to be used exclusively to provide such training; and disseminate such information and materials as are necessary to conduct the program.
In this section: The term eligible entity means a nonprofit organization with expertise and experience with respect to the health and life safety of members of fire and emergency medical services agencies. The term member — with respect to an emergency medical services agency, means an employee, regardless of rank or whether the employee receives compensation (as defined in section 1204(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968); and with respect to a fire department, means any employee, regardless of rank or whether the employee receives compensation, of a Federal, State, Tribal, or local fire department who is responsible for responding to calls for emergency service. .
Effective as if included in the enactment of the Children’s Health Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–310 ), the amendment instruction in section 1603 of such Act is amended by striking Part B of the Public Health Service Act and inserting Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act .
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Peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical service agencies
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