CARE for First Responders Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6601 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6601 To increase access to mental health, substance use, and counseling services for first responders, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2025 Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Balint, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Tran) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase access to mental health, substance use, and counseling services for first responders, and for other purposes. 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 ``Crisis Assistance and Resources in Emergencies for First Responders Act'' or the ``CARE for First Responders Act''. SEC. 2. CRISIS COUNSELING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. (a) In General.--Section 416(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183(a)) is amended by inserting ``and to qualified emergency response providers responding to major disasters'' after ``victims of major disasters''. (b) Definitions.--Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(13) 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