H.R. 1410: 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025

The World Trade Center Health Program pays for treatment of illnesses tied to the 9/11 attacks, for responders and for people who lived, worked, or went to school nearby. Its budget is set by a formula in law, and that formula is what H.R. 1410 changes.

Starting in fiscal year 2026, each year's funding would begin with the prior year's amount, grow 7%, then be scaled up or down by how enrollment changed between one July and the next. If more people sign up, the money follows them; if enrollment falls, the increase shrinks with it. The formula runs through 2090.

For 2026 alone, two of the program's funds get a guaranteed minimum: whichever is larger, the amount already scheduled under current law or the previous year's actual spending plus 25%. In later years each fund builds on what was actually spent, not on a figure written years earlier.

The bill also changes who can start your mental health claim. A licensed mental health provider, not just a physician, could conduct the initial evaluation and certify a mental health condition for coverage. The program administrator has 180 days after enactment to define which provider categories qualify.

Three smaller changes round it out. Members known to have died are removed from enrollment counts, which matters because those counts now drive funding. The program gets 180 days instead of 90 to decide whether to add a new responder health condition. And credentialing for the nationwide provider network moves from the program's data centers to the administrator.

Finally, HHS must report to Congress within three years with year-by-year projections through 2090, a look back at how its forecasts since 2017 compared with actual spending, and any formula changes needed to cover the program in full.