Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025
Key claim: The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025 requires the DOJ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to report on proposed programs providing treatment and preventative mental health care for public safety officers and telecommunicators with job-related PTSD or acute stress disorder, including draft legislative language and cost estimates.
Abstract
(S825 · 119th Congress) Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2025 This bill requires the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report on one or more proposed programs for providing mental health care to public safety officers and related personnel. Under the bill, a proposed program must be administered by DOJ and must make treatment and preventative care available to public safety officers and public safety telecommunicators for job-related post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder. The bill requires the report to also include draft legislative language related to each proposed program, as well as the estimated cost for administering each proposed program. Latest action (2026-06-15): Held at the desk.
Why this matters
Public safety officers and 911 telecommunicators experience elevated rates of PTSD and acute stress disorder as an occupational hazard, but federal treatment and prevention infrastructure is fragmented. This bill is a procedural step — a report with draft legislative language — that could seed a future federally-structured program, so its near-term effect on workers and employers is informational rather than operational.