117 HR 5703 IH: Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act U.S. House of Representatives 2021-10-22 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5703IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESOctober 22, 2021Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Titus, Mr. McKinley, and Mr. Meijer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide professional counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under such Act, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Post-Disaster Mental Health Response Act.

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Crisis counseling assistance and training

Section 502(a)(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192(a)(6)) is amended by inserting and section 416 after section 408.