42 USC § 5183 - Crisis counseling assistance and training

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s5183"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 5183 - Crisis counseling assistance and training"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "5183"
section_name: "Crisis counseling assistance and training"
chapter_number: 68
chapter_name: "DISASTER RELIEF"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 416, formerly § 413, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 157; renumbered § 416 and amended Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 106(i), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4705; Pub. L. 117–251, § 7(a), Dec. 20, 2022, 136 Stat. 2357.)"
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# § 5183. Crisis counseling assistance and training

**(a)** **In general** The 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)** **Training** Each 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 416, formerly § 413, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 157; renumbered § 416 and amended Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 106(i), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4705; Pub. L. 117–251, § 7(a), Dec. 20, 2022, 136 Stat. 2357.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 419 by  and is classified to .

### Amendments

2022— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

1988— struck out “(through the National Institute of Mental Health)” after “authorized”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2022 Amendment

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