Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act of 2019 or the HERO Act of 2019
This bill establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers (e.g., law-enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulance crew members, and 9-1-1 operators). For example, the bill establishes (1) a public-safety officer suicide-reporting system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and (2) a grant program for peer-support behavioral health and wellness programs within fire departments and emergency medical services agencies.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-22 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2020-09-21 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2020-09-21 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4627-4629) | House floor actions |
| 2020-09-21 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1646. | House floor actions |
| 2020-09-21 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4627-4630) | House floor actions |
| 2020-09-21 | Floor | Mrs. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2020-09-18 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419. | House floor actions |
| 2020-09-18 | Discharge | Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2020-09-18 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-519, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2020-07-15 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2020-07-15 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2020-06-30 | Committee | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2019-03-09 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2019-03-08 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House committee actions |
| 2019-03-08 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-03-08 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-03-08 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |