{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-5183","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 5183","heading":"Crisis counseling assistance and training","body":"(a) In generalThe President is authorized to provide professional counseling services, including financial assistance to State or local agencies or private mental health organizations to provide such services or training of disaster workers, to victims of major disasters in order to relieve mental health problems caused or aggravated by such major disaster or its aftermath. (b) TrainingEach State, local agency, or private mental health organization providing professional counseling services described in subsection (a) shall ensure that, any individual providing professional counseling services to victims of a major disaster as authorized under subsection (a), including individuals working for nonprofit partners and recovery organizations, is appropriately trained to address impacts from major disasters in communities, and to individuals, with socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 68—DISASTER RELIEF"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"43fed846c7427cb5a8703d9c0b0461b808d7611d32d1cfb73b0f1be75e5c2894","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-5182","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-5184"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}