Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Requires the Comptroller General to study, within two years, accessibility of substance use disorder treatment and mental health services for farmers, ranchers, agricultural workers, and their families.
The report must examine availability in rural areas, barriers (financial, geographic, cultural), identify best practices (training, telehealth, peer support, outreach, coordination), review use of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, and provide recommendations to several federal agencies and congressional committees.
Content is narrow and uncontroversial, favoring passage, but many stand-alone study bills fail to advance without broader packaging.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well‑specified study mandate: it clearly identifies the responsible party (Comptroller General), a firm deadline (2 years), specific topics to examine, and recipients for the resulting report. It integrates reference to an existing federal program relevant to the study.
Liberals push for strong federal follow-up and funding commitments
Liberals push for strong federal follow-up and funding commitments
Likely supportive because the bill addresses rural mental health, SUD, stigma, and workforce gaps for an underserved population.
Views the GAO study as a necessary first step toward federally supported programs and funding to expand services.
Generally favorable as a low-cost, evidence-gathering measure focused on a specific population.
Wants clear deliverables, timeline, and practicable recommendations tied to measurable outcomes.
Likely cautiously supportive because it studies farmer wellbeing without creating new programs yet.
May be wary of federal scope creep, cultural competency mandates, and eventual funding implications.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Content is narrow and uncontroversial, favoring passage, but many stand-alone study bills fail to advance without broader packaging.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals push for strong federal follow-up and funding commitments
Content is narrow and uncontroversial, favoring passage, but many stand-alone study bills fail to advance without broader packaging.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well‑specified study mandate: it clearly identifies the responsible party (Comptroller General), a firm deadline (2 years), specific topics to examine, and recip…
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