S.666

First Responders Wellness Act establishes a national mental health hotline for first responders.

The First Responders Wellness Act establishes a national mental health hotline for first responders. The hotline will provide peer and emotional support, information, brief intervention, and mental and behavioral health and substance use disorder resources and referrals to first responders and their families. The hotline will operate as a separate, widely recognizable number with bidirectional transfer options with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.