Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Updates Stafford Act crisis counseling implementation around substance use and alcohol use after disasters and requires FEMA, HHS, and GAO reporting on those changes.
Who Benefits and How
Disaster survivors with substance-use and alcohol-use needs may benefit from crisis-counseling guidance that more clearly reflects those issues.
Who Bears the Burden and How
FEMA, HHS, and GAO must review program materials, make needed changes, and report to Congress.
Key Provisions
- Requires FEMA and HHS review of crisis counseling applications and guidance after the Act's amendments.
- Requires a report to Congress on changes made to reflect substance-use and alcohol-use issues after disasters.
- Requires a GAO review of assistance duration and FEMA compliance.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Updates Stafford Act crisis counseling implementation around substance use and alcohol use after disasters and requires FEMA, HHS, and GAO reporting on those changes.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Criminal Justice, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Updates Stafford Act crisis counseling implementation around substance use and alcohol use after disasters and requires FEMA, HHS, and GAO reporting on those changes.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Disaster survivors with mental health, substance-use, or alcohol-use needs
- Program overseers evaluating disaster counseling effectiveness
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- FEMA administrators
- HHS and GAO staff preparing the required reports
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and …
Ms. Balint (for herself, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Norton, Mr. Fields, …
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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FEMA and HHS administrators, GAO and FEMA oversight staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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