,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ba1
 #bjbc,mr4 ,padilla introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,food1         
,conservation1 and ,energy ,act of #bjjh
 to authorize the ,secretary of         
,agriculture to authorize the use of    
certain grants to deliver peer-to-peer  
mental health support to individuals who
 are engaged in farming1 ranching1 farm 
work1 and other occupations relating to 
agriculture4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,supporting    
,farmworkers' ,mental ,health ,act4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress finds that         
farmworkers-- 7#a7 are vital to the     
economy and food supply of the ,united  
,states2 and  7#b7 who are              
disproportionately affected by stress   
and anxiety1 often lack access to       
behavioral health care services4  #c4   

,farm and ,ranch ,stress ,assistance    
,network ,section #gebb of the ,food1   
,conservation1 and ,energy ,act of #bjjh
 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #eicf7 is amended-- 7#a7 
by inserting farm work1 after ranching1 
each place it appears2  7#b7 in         
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph      
7#a77;,d71 by striking or at the end2   
7,b7 by redesignating paragraph 7#b7 as 
paragraph 7#c72  7,c7 by inserting after
 paragraph 7#a7 the following3  7#b7 to 
initiate1 expand1 or sustain programs   
that deliver peer-to-peer mental health 
support to individuals who are engaged  
in farming1 ranching1 farm work1 and    
other occupations relating to           
agriculture2 or  2 and  7,d7 in         
paragraph 7#c7 7as so redesignated71 by 
striking paragraph 7#a7 and subsection  
7a7 and inserting paragraphs 7#a7 and   
7#b7 and subsection 7a72 and  7#c7 in   
subsection 7d71 by striking #bjbc and   
inserting #bjbh4