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H.R. 1646 (116th)

HERO Act

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Introduced

8 March 2019

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Status

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Summary

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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