HERO Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1902 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1902 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Mr. Bera (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Norton, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Chu, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Casten, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Titus, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Brown, and Mr. Carbajal) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, 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 ``Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act'' or the ``HERO Act''. SEC. 2. DATA SYSTEM TO CAPTURE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER SUICIDE INCIDENCE. The Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317V of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-24) the following: ``SEC. 317W. DATA SYSTEM TO CAPTURE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER SUICIDE INCIDENCE. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in coor