PA Bill Number: HB2663
Title: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal.
Description: Providing for older adults protective services; and making a repeal. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES
Last Action Date: Nov 19, 2024
Proposed Federal Senate Legislation SB3244
Caring for the mental health of our first responder agencies is critical to efforts to combat crime.
Legislation Overview
Title: HERO Act of 2020 Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 2020
Subject: Health: Census and government statistics: Congressional oversight: Employment and training programs: First responders and emergency personnel: Government information and archives: Health programs administration and funding: Health promotion and preventive care: Medical tests and diagnostic methods: Mental health: Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations: Tax-exempt organizations: Worker safety and health
Description: Establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law-enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 911 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.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: January 28, 2020
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3244/all-info
Sponsors
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9 sponsors: Jacky Rosen (D); Deb Fischer (R); Catherine Cortez Masto (D); Richard Durbin (D); Susan Collins (R); Roy Blunt (R); Richard Blumenthal (D); Dan Sullivan (R); Tina Smith (D)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 28 2020 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 30 2020 | federal bill text | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions
Votes
There have not been any votes on this bill
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