Providing law enforcement officers with the support they need to offer lifesaving assistance to those suffering with mental health and substance abuse crises;
Provide law enforcement officers with the support they need to help people experiencing mental health and substance abuse crises.
Occurrences
Evidence
Last Action Date Listed: January 13, 2026. Action: Mr. Emmer (for himself and Mr. Torres of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services.
In Congress, we have been working to ensure mental health and substance abuse treatment is within reach, by: supporting mental health care collaboration and resources in schools; providing law enforcement officers with the support they need to offer lifesaving assistance to those suffering with mental health and substance abuse crises; addressing the shortfall of inpatient mental health care by working to increase the number of psychiatric hospital beds available to patients; and prioritizing funding for mental health resources in rural and agricultural communities.
Emmer's issue page says Congress is working to keep mental health and substance abuse treatment within reach, including by giving law enforcement officers support for responding to people in crisis.
Last Action Date Listed: January 13, 2026. Action: Mr. Emmer introduced the bill; it was referred to the Committee on Financial Services.
Assessments
The record here shows Tom Emmer publicly advocating this goal and participating in related mental-health legislation, but the cited evidence does not show a enacted federal measure or implemented program that specifically provided law enforcement officers the promised crisis-response support. The main concrete action cited is a 2026 bill introduction about mental-health facility financing, which is related but not a clear delivery of the law-enforcement support outcome. On this record, the promise cannot be scored as delivered, and the evidence is too indirect to treat it as a failed direct delivery attempt on the precise promise.
The record shows Emmer restating the goal and making related legislative efforts on mental health infrastructure, including H.R. 7030 in January 2026, but the cited evidence does not show enactment, funding implementation, or a completed federal program specifically providing law enforcement officers with the promised crisis-response support. Because he remains in federal office and the effort appears pending rather than definitively failed, the promise is not delivered but remains unresolved. The effort badge is warranted for a concrete legislative attempt in the same term.