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APCO International > legislation

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New Legislation Introduced to Support Behavioral Health of Public Safety Telecommunicators and Other First Responders

On October 1, Representatives Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and John Rutherford (R-FL) introduced the First Responder Behavioral Health Access Act, H.R. 10712.

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