S. 825: Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-04 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Held at the desk.

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Official title

Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025

Plain summary

Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025 This bill requires the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report on one or more proposed programs for providing mental health care to public safety officers and related personnel. Under the bill, a proposed program must be administered by DOJ and must make treatment and preventative care available to public safety officers and public safety telecommunicators for job-related post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder. The bill requires the report to also include draft legislative language related to each proposed program, as well as the estimated cost for administering each proposed program.

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Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · 19 cosponsors

Money: CBO cost estimate: S. 825, Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025 (2026-07-15) No linked contracts or vendors yet.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s825.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s825 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills