House Bill 1646
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act
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Passed House on Sep 21, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1646
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
checkPassed on September 21, 2020
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4627-4629)
Summary
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.
September 22, 2020
September 21, 2020
September 18, 2020
March 8, 2019
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09/22/2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
09/21/2020
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/21/2020
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4627-4629)
09/21/2020
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4627-4629)
09/21/2020
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1646.
09/21/2020
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4627-4630)
09/21/2020
Mrs. Dingell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
09/18/2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
09/18/2020
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
09/18/2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-519, Part I.
07/15/2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
07/15/2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
06/30/2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
03/09/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
03/08/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
03/08/2019
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.
03/08/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:45:12 PM