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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1736 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MAY18, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ALDWIN(for herself, Ms. ERNST, Mr. MORAN, Mr. TESTER, Ms. STABE- |
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| 11 | 11 | | NOW, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. SMITH, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. BENNET) intro- |
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| 12 | 12 | | duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 |
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| 16 | 16 | | to reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance |
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| 17 | 17 | | Network. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farmers First Act of 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. FARM AND RANCH STRESS ASSISTANCE NETWORK. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936) is amended— 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:07 Jun 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1736.IS S1736 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 1736 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | cluding crisis lines’’ before the semicolon at the end; 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and in-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | serting ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | through 2028’’; and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | following: 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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| 38 | 38 | | EFERRALS TOPROVIDERS.—As part of the ef-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | forts of the recipient of a grant under subsection (a) to 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | connect individuals to behavioral health counseling and 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | wellness support and to ensure individuals have access to 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | a comprehensive scope of mental health and substance use 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | treatments and supports, when applicable, the grant re-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cipient may establish referral relationships with— 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(1) certified community behavioral health clin-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ics described in section 223 of the Protecting Access 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note; 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Public Law 113–93); 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(2) health centers (as defined in section 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 330(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 254b(a))); 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(3) rural health clinics (as defined in section 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 1395x(aa))); 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •S 1736 IS |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(4) Federally qualified health centers (as de-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | fined in that section); and 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(5) critical access hospitals (as defined in sec-3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | tion 1861(mm) of the Social Security Act (42 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | U.S.C. 1395x(mm))).’’. 5 |
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