U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 5706
Mental Health Emergency Responder Act
To establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in developing or expanding behavioral health crisis response programs that do not rely primarily on law enforcement, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Yassamin AnsariD-AZ-3
- Introduced
- October 8, 2025, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Health (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
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Cosponsors (10)
10 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Yvette D. ClarkeD-NY-9
- Sylvia R. GarciaD-TX-29
- Daniel S. GoldmanD-NY-10
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-AL
- Andrea SalinasD-OR-6
- Shri ThanedarD-MI-13
- Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2
- Rashida TlaibD-MI-12
- Bonnie Watson ColemanD-NJ-12
Signed on later
- Troy A. CarterD-LA-2October 14, 2025