Rep. Meng Helps Introduce Legislation to Create Mental Health First Responder Units
April 09, 2021
April 09, 2021
QUEENS, New York, April 9 -- Rep. Grace Meng, D-New York, issued the following news release:
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced that she helped introduce the Mental Health Justice Act (H.R. 1368), a bill that seeks to create a grant program for states and localities to hire, train, and maintain mental health first responders who would be deployed to assist individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.
"Helping people with mental illness or a disability re . . .
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced that she helped introduce the Mental Health Justice Act (H.R. 1368), a bill that seeks to create a grant program for states and localities to hire, train, and maintain mental health first responders who would be deployed to assist individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.
"Helping people with mental illness or a disability re . . .