Federal panel to train 911 dispatchers for mental health calls
H.R. 10245 — 9–8–8 and 9–1–1 Integration Act · Filed by Becca Balint (D-VT) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set up a panel. The panel will include psychiatrists, paramedics, police, crisis counselors, and community members. They will write training rules for 911 dispatchers. The rules cover mental health and drug crises. The panel will say how to connect callers to mental health help. It will link the 988 suicide hotline with 911.
Who it affects
People in mental health or drug crises will get different help from 911 dispatchers. Dispatchers will need new training. States and cities will need to change how they work and train staff.
One thing to notice
The panel will keep working forever unless Congress stops it. States and cities will have to pay to retrain dispatchers and change their 911 systems.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats.
- Sep 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- 988 suicide hotline — A phone number people can call for help with suicide thoughts
- training rules — Step-by-step instructions for how dispatchers must handle calls
- crisis counselors — People trained to help during mental health emergencies
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,478 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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