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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 4852 (Introduced in House) — To increase the preparation of structural firefighters to assist in wildfire and wildland-urban interface fire respon... · Sec. 6

Sec. 6. Mental health assistance for first responders

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Section 327(d) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5165f(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking Administration and inserting Administrator ; and by inserting , subject to paragraph
(4)after participation ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Administrator shall include the following in the criteria described in paragraph (1): Criteria specifying that a task force with firefighters or other emergency responders as members shall include, as members of the task force, mental health practitioners qualified to treat, monitor, or assess such firefighters or other emergency responders for post-traumatic stress injuries or other mental or behavioral health conditions attributable to service in the task force. Criteria for each member of a task force to be trained in peer mental health support services and to provide such services to an emergency responder serving in the task force. Criteria establishing that the peer mental health support services referred to in clause
(ii)include the following: Identification of warning signs of post-traumatic stress injuries. Recognition of symptoms of behavioral health conditions. Application of de-escalation methods. Referral to mental health practitioners when appropriate. The Administrator may consult with nonprofit organizations to develop the criteria described in subparagraph
(A)and provide grants to such organizations to provide training to task forces to comply with such criteria. From amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, the Administrator may obligate and expend not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031 to carry out this paragraph. .
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