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119-s-2645119th CongressWALLET

DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act

Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

Introduced

Summary

a DHS Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Program would coordinate mental health, resilience, and suicide-prevention services for DHS law enforcement personnel. It would set consistent policies, collect confidential data, and expand peer support and training across DHS components.

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  • Families: Families and surviving families of DHS officers would be offered suicide-prevention and resiliency training and access to counseling and community supports.
  • DHS law enforcement personnel: Would receive standardized mental-health policies, a cross-component peer-to-peer support network, and in-person or live interactive suicide awareness and resiliency training at hire and annually. Annual confidential surveys would track effectiveness and participation would be voluntary and protected.
  • DHS components and leaders: Component heads would be required to prioritize mental-health resources, review and revise policies that discourage help-seeking, and ensure safeguards against adverse action for self-identifying. The DHS Chief Medical Officer would issue a directive within 180 days and provide annual briefings through fiscal year 2027.

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Mental health help for DHS officers

If enacted, this bill would create a Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Program inside the DHS office run by the Chief Medical Officer. The Chief Medical Officer must name a Workplace Health and Wellness Coordinator and issue a directive within 180 days, and brief Congress within 180 days and annually through FY2027. The Program would offer evidence-based suicide prevention, resiliency training at hire and annually, peer-to-peer support, annual confidential surveys, and partnerships with community and faith-based and external clinicians. Participation would be voluntary and personally identifiable information would be limited and protected under 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a. Component heads would have to support family services, reduce stigma, offer anonymous options to seek help, and protect employees from adverse action for self-identifying or receiving counseling, subject to narrow fitness or security exceptions. Staffing and ongoing training funding would depend on future congressional appropriations.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 8/1/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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