U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10712: First Responder Behavioral Health Access Act
Status: In committee, October 1, 2026
To amend the Public Health Service Act to include certain emergency response providers as eligible institutions under mental and behavioral health education and training grant program, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Public Health Service Act to include certain emergency response providers as eligible institutions under mental and behavioral health education and training grant program, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 1, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to include certain emergency response providers as eligible institutions under mental and behavioral health education and training grant program, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the First Responder Behavioral Health Access Act . SECTION 2. Including certain emergency response providers as eligible institutions under mental and behavioral health education and training program Section 756 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294e-1 ) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking of the students and inserting of the students, and in the case of an eligible institution that is a qualified emergency response provider, to support the field placement and recruitment of clinicians or behavioral health service providers in qualified emergency response providers, ; (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Definitions In this section: (1) Eligible institution The term eligible institution includes a qualified emergency response provider. (2) Public safety telecommunicator The term public safety telecommunicator means a public safety telecommunicator as designated in detailed occupation 43-5031 in the Standard Occupational Classification Manual of the Office of Management and Budget issued in 2018, or any successor designation. (3) Qualified emergency response provider The …
Sponsors
- Suhas Subramanyam (D, HD-010) · primary sponsor
- John Rutherford (R, HD-005)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB10712?
- HB10712 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): First Responder Behavioral Health Access Act.
- What does HB10712 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Public Health Service Act to include certain emergency response providers as eligible institutions under mental and behavioral health education and training grant program, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10712?
- In committee as of October 1, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (October 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10712?
- Suhas Subramanyam (D, HD-010), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB10712?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10712
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