Bill > HR6379

This bill, the Farmers First Act of 2023, aims to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN). The key provisions of the bill include: (1) allowing the FRSAN to fund crisis lines as part of its efforts to provide behavioral health counseling and wellness support to farmers and ranchers; (2) increasing the annual funding for the FRSAN from $10 million to $15 million for fiscal years 2024 through 2028; and (3) permitting the FRSAN grant recipients to establish referral relationships with various healthcare providers, such as community behavioral health clinics, health centers, rural health clinics, Federally qualified health centers, and critical access hospitals, to ensure farmers and ranchers have access to a comprehensive scope of mental health and substance use treatments and supports.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Business and Industry

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6379/all-info