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