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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2898
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 21, 2023
Mr. Padilla introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize the use of certain grants to deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other occupations relating to agriculture.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Supporting Farmworkers' Mental Health Act
.
Findings
Congress finds that farmworkers—
are vital to the economy and food supply of the United States; and
who are disproportionately affected by stress and anxiety, often lack access to behavioral health care services.
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network
Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936) is amended—
by inserting farm work,
after ranching,
each place it appears;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1)(D), by striking or
at the end;
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
to initiate, expand, or sustain programs that deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other occupations relating to agriculture; or
; and
in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking paragraph (1) and subsection (a)
and inserting paragraphs (1) and (2) and subsection (a)
; and
in subsection (d), by striking 2023
and inserting 2028
.