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Adds a new section (320D) to Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act authorizing the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to establish or enhance behavioral health and wellness programs for health care providers, specifying program elements and defining eligible entities.
Inserts a new section 317W into the Public Health Service Act establishing the Public Safety Officer Suicide Reporting System, specifying required data elements, consultation, privacy and security protections, reporting requirements to Congress, public availability of reports, definitions, and a prohibition on using system information to deny survivor benefits.
Creates a national system to track and study suicides among public safety officers and requires regular public reports. It also launches grant programs to build peer-support and wellness services in fire/EMS agencies and in hospitals and health centers for health care workers. Directs federal agencies to develop and share evidence-based resources and best practices for treating PTSD and related conditions in firefighters, EMS personnel, and other public safety officers, and to equip mental health professionals with fire/EMS‑specific guidance. Strong privacy protections and expert consultation are required throughout.
Insert a new section 317W into the Public Health Service Act after section 317V to establish the Public Safety Officer Suicide Reporting System. This is added to the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–24).
The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the CDC and other agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate, may develop and maintain a data system called the Public Safety Officer Suicide Reporting System to collect data on suicide incidence among public safety officers and to facilitate study of interventions to reduce suicide among public safety officers.
The Secretary may integrate the Public Safety Officer Suicide Reporting System into the National Violent Death Reporting System if the Secretary determines such integration is consistent with the system's purposes.
Minimum data the Secretary shall collect: (1) total number of suicides in the United States among all public safety officers in a given calendar year; and (2) suicide rates disaggregated by age and gender; State; occupation (including role and primary occupation for volunteer public safety officers); where available, volunteer/paid-on-call/career status; and active or retired status.
In developing the system, the Secretary shall consult with non-Federal experts, including public health experts experienced with suicide registries; organizations that track suicide among public safety officers; mental health experts experienced with profession-related traumatic stress; clinicians experienced in diagnosing and treating mental health issues; active and retired volunteer, paid-on-call, and career public safety officers; and relevant national police, fire, and emergency medical services organizations.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced March 6, 2025 by Ami Bera · Last progress March 6, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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