Farmers First Act of 2025
This bill extends through FY2030 and revises the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN). This Department of Agriculture program provides competitive grants to states, Indian tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations to provide stress assistance programs (i.e., professional agricultural behavioral health counseling, helplines, and resources) to individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and agriculture-related occupations.
The bill specifies that the grant funding for farm telephone helplines and websites may also be used for crisis lines.
Further, FRSAN grant recipients may establish referral relationships with providers, including Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, health centers, rural health clinics, and critical access hospitals.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2282 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2282
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize
the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 15, 2025
Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Smith, Ms. Collins, and Mr.
Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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A BILL
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize
the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers First Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. FARM AND RANCH STRESS ASSISTANCE NETWORK.
Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 5936) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ``, including
crisis lines'' before the semicolon at the end;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ``$10,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$15,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030''; and
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
``(e) Referrals to Providers.--As part of the efforts of the
recipient of a grant under subsection (a) to connect individuals to
behavioral health counseling and wellness support and to ensure
individuals have access to a comprehensive scope of mental health and
substance use treatments and supports, when applicable, the grant
recipient may establish referral relationships with--
``(1) certified community behavioral health clinics
described in section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare
Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note; Public Law 113-93);
``(2) health centers (as defined in section 330(a) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(a)));
``(3) rural health clinics (as defined in section 1861(aa)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)));
``(4) Federally qualified health centers (as defined in
that section); and
``(5) critical access hospitals (as defined in section
1861(mm) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm))).''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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