Constructing the Path to Suicide Prevention Act

This bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to study construction workers who died by suicide to understand the risk factors they faced. The study may look at factors such as demographics, type of construction work, union membership, health coverage, access to employee assistance programs, substance use, debt history, work injuries and opioid prescriptions, and mental health history. Information collected would have to be kept consistent with federal and state privacy laws. Within 3 years, the department would have to send Congress a report with policy recommendations based on the study.

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Sponsors

• Catherine Cortez Masto Democrat sponsor
• 5 cosponsors