Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Peer Support for Firefighters Act”.
Peer Support for Firefighters Act
A BILL
To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to expand permissible uses of assistance to firefighters grant funds relating to behavioral and mental health, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Expansion of permissible uses of assistance to firefighters grant funds relating to behavioral and mental health
Paragraph (3) of section 33(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(c)) is amended—
by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (N) as subparagraphs (G) through (O), respectively; and
by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:
“(F) To support behavioral and mental health, including the development of or expansion of evidence-based peer support programs.”