HERO Act has not moved since its introduction on Mar 6, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedMar 6, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 87 words.
Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act or the HERO Act This bill establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of law enforcement officers, first responders, 9-1-1 operators, and other public safety officers and health care providers. The programs include a public safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies, and a grant program for behavioral health and wellness programs for health care providers.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 94 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 1,982 words
- Subjects
- Census and government statisticsCongressional oversightData collection, sharing, protectionEmployment and training programsFirst responders and emergency personnelGovernment information and archives +13 more
- Latest action
- Mar 6, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]