Congress extends mental health support for police officers through 2029
H.R. 5282 — Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act of 2025 · Filed by Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) · 28 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends federal grant funding for law enforcement officer support and crisis intervention programs for five more years (2025–2029), replacing the expiring 2020–2024 authorization. It reauthorizes existing grants that help police officers and their families access mental health treatment and crisis support services.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to extend the authorization period for existing federal grants supporting officer mental health and family crisis services. It is a routine reauthorization with no policy changes to the underlying program.
Who it affects
The bill extends mental health and crisis support services for law enforcement officers and their families, which reduces officer suicide risk, improves community policing outcomes, and supports public safety. No restrictions on citizen rights or protections are imposed; the bill simply continues an existing public-health program.
Named in the bill
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, Section 1001(a)(21), Law enforcement agencies, Officer mental health programs
Where it stands
28 cosponsors: 14 Democrats, 14 Republicans.
- Sep 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $50,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 85 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Guy Reschenthaler, the sponsor, reported $1,273,000 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Peace Officers Research Association of California — $50,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 19, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (296 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 19, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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