2025 Regular SessionMississippi Legislature

HB570: Mental Health First Aid training; require for full-time EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders and firefighters of governmental bodies.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Require Governmental Bodies That Employ Or Contract For Full-time Certified Emergency Medical Technicians (emts), Paramedics, Emergency Medical Responders (emrs), 911 Dispatchers Or Firefighters To Provide Mental Health First Aid Training That Is Evidence-based And Approved By The Department Of Mental Health To All Of Those Personnel By July 1, 2031; And For Related Purposes.

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Bill History

1/15/2025
Referred To Public Health and Human Services
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Amended
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Passed As Amended
House of Representatives
1/31/2025
Transmitted To Senate
House of Representatives
2/14/2025
Referred To Public Health and Welfare
Senate
3/4/2025
Died In Committee
Senate

Amendments

House Committee Amendment No 1

Committee Amendment No 1

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House Passed As Amended
1/29/2025
119
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/4/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 2
Democrat: 1

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text1/31/20252.7 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/15/20252.5 KB