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

H.R. 1410 rewrites how the World Trade Center Health Program’s funding grows from FY 2026 through FY 2090. Each year’s amount would start with the previous year’s funding, add 7%, then rise or fall again based on how total enrollment changed from one July to the next.

For FY 2026, the bill adds a stronger floor for two major funds. Each would get at least either the amount already scheduled under current law or the previous year’s spending plus 25% — whichever is higher.

The bill also widens who can handle initial mental health evaluations. Instead of limiting that role to physicians, the WTC Program Administrator would be required to define which other licensed mental health providers can do those evaluations and make clinical determinations for mental health conditions within 180 days of enactment.

There are two more cleanup changes with real consequences. People known to be deceased would no longer stay in the program’s enrollment counts, and the review period for adding new responder health conditions would double from 90 days to 180 days.

Finally, HHS would have to send Congress a long-range report within 3 years projecting the program’s budget needs through 2090. That gives lawmakers a formal check on whether this new formula is actually enough to cover future care.