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118th Congress Agriculture and Food

S. 2898: Supporting Farmworkers' Mental Health Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Sep 21, 2023
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Summary

Introduced in Senate, Sep 21, 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Program. (The FRSAN Program funds projects that aim to maintain a network connecting individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs.)

Specifically, the bill makes individuals engaged in farm work eligible for assistance under the FRSAN Program.

The bill also expands the types of programs eligible for FRSAN grants to include those that deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other agriculture-related occupations.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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History

  1. Sep 21, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Alejandro Padilla.
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  1. Sep 21, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 21, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4657)