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Farmers First Act of 2025

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Introduced
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3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
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2025-07-15
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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
Democrat · WI · Senator
Votes with party: 84.3% (856 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2025-07-15

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Plain-English Summary

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.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2282 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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))).''. <all>
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