United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 5183
Crisis counseling assistance and training
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- HR 6601 CARE for First Responders Act Amends 5183(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 6249 Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 4669 FEMA Act of 2025 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 3738 HMAG Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 3252 Disaster Housing Flexibility Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 3251 Disaster Response Flexibility Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 2836 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 1748 FEMA for America First Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 1245 Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- S 666 First Responders Wellness Act Amends 5183(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 437 SNOW Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 316 Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 2672 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 5623 Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 8422 Mental Health Emergency Needs in Disasters Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 1796 Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 6415 CARE for First Responders Act Amends 5183(a) · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 6084 Expediting Disaster Recovery Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- S 1180 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- S 116 The Hurricanes of 2022 Disaster Relief Rectification Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
- S 3092 FIRE Act Amends · enacted · 117th Congress
- HR 8416 Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2022 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 5118 Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 5689 Resilient AMERICA Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 3689 Crisis Counseling Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 3256 Disaster Contract Transparency Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 5780 Disaster Equity and Fairness Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 5782 FIRE Act of 2021 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 3093 Disaster Equity and Fairness Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 2212 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 3459 RIDER Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 2669 FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 2421 Disaster Contract Transparency Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
- S 1813 Smoke-Ready Communities Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
- HR 2825 DHS Authorization Act Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
- HR 302 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 Amends its part · enacted · 115th Congress
- HR 2936 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
- HR 4056 Disaster Insurance Risk Equality Act Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
- HR 1 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 Amends its part · introduced · 112th Congress
The law today
From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-124.
(a) In general
The President is authorized to provide professional counseling services, including financial assistance to State or local agencies or private mental health organizations to provide such services or training of disaster workers, to victims of major disasters in order to relieve mental health problems caused or aggravated by such major disaster or its aftermath.
(b) Training
Each State, local agency, or private mental health organization providing professional counseling services described in subsection (a) shall ensure that, any individual providing professional counseling services to victims of a major disaster as authorized under subsection (a), including individuals working for nonprofit partners and recovery organizations, is appropriately trained to address impacts from major disasters in communities, and to individuals, with socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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