[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1736 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1736

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize 
             the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2023

    Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tester, Ms. 
    Stabenow, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Smith, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Bennet) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize 
             the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers First Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FARM AND RANCH STRESS ASSISTANCE NETWORK.

    Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 5936) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ``, including 
        crisis lines'' before the semicolon at the end;
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``$10,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$15,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Referrals to Providers.--As part of the efforts of the 
recipient of a grant under subsection (a) to connect individuals to 
behavioral health counseling and wellness support and to ensure 
individuals have access to a comprehensive scope of mental health and 
substance use treatments and supports, when applicable, the grant 
recipient may establish referral relationships with--
            ``(1) certified community behavioral health clinics 
        described in section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare 
        Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note; Public Law 113-93);
            ``(2) health centers (as defined in section 330(a) of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)));
            ``(3) rural health clinics (as defined in section 1861(aa) 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)));
            ``(4) Federally qualified health centers (as defined in 
        that section); and
            ``(5) critical access hospitals (as defined in section 
        1861(mm) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm))).''.
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