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Senate passes bill creating peer-support program for first responders, modeled on Dwyer program
Summary
Lawmakers approved legislation to establish a peer-to-peer support program for first responders, aimed at reducing stigma and improving access to behavioral-health help; the measure passed unanimously on the floor.
The New York State Senate on June 3 approved legislation to create a peer-support mental health program for first responders, modeled on the Joseph P. Dwyer veterans peer-to-peer program.
Senator John Harcombe, the bill’s sponsor, told the chamber that first responders — paid and volunteer — are exposed to traumatic events and often lack confidential, peer-based pathways to care. “They have higher rates of depression, higher rates of anxiety, higher rates of suicidal…
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