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119-s-4514119th CongressWALLET

Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a federal program to establish standardized mental health screening and referral for corrections officers and to protect officers who seek treatment while providing grants, oversight, and technical help to prisons and jails.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Bureau of Prisons officer program

If enacted, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons would have 90 days to start a comparable mental health survey program for BOP corrections officers. The BOP would keep outreach teams to refer officers to mental health care and would send an implementation plan to the Advisory Board. The BOP would also be required to protect officers from adverse employment actions while they seek or receive treatment and to make treatment decisions with the officer's mental health provider.

Grants for corrections officer mental health

If enacted, the Attorney General would set up a grant program within 90 days. States and localities could get grants to run anonymous, confidential mental health screenings for all corrections officers at eligible detention centers. Grants would pay for the survey, related technology, staff to deliver the survey, outreach teams, and salaries or overtime for outreach members. Grantees would have to hire a mental health liaison, refer officers who screen positive to outreach teams and local providers, and protect officers from adverse job actions while they get treatment, including during fitness-for-duty evaluations.

Federal funding for officer screening

If enacted, the bill would authorize funding for FY2026–FY2030. It would provide $50 million for FY2026, $55 million for FY2027, $60 million for FY2028, $65 million for FY2029, and $70 million for FY2030. Each year, 90% of the money would go to program activities: 20% for Bureau of Prisons activities, 20% for State grants, and 50% for local grants. Five percent of each year would fund one Advisory Board task and another 5% would fund a second Advisory Board task.

Advisory board to oversee grants

If enacted, the Attorney General would create an Advisory Board within 60 days. The Board would approve State and local plans and ensure grant money is used correctly. It would provide technical help, share best practices, monitor the Bureau of Prisons plan, and can require fixes or reduce funding for grantees that do not comply. The Attorney General would appoint at least three experts to the Board.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]

IL • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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