A bill to provide funding to the Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals to mental health care providers for certain corrections officers.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4514 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4514 To provide funding to the Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals to mental health care providers for certain corrections officers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 13, 2026 Ms. Duckworth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide funding to the Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals to mental health care providers for certain corrections officers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Advisory board.--The term ``Advisory Board'' means the Advisory Board established pursuant to section 5(a). (2) Corrections officer.--The term ``corrections officer'' means an officer or employee-- (A) of any detention facility, including a prison or jail, operated by, or under contract with, a Federal agency; and (B) the job responsibilities of whom include providing for the custody of incarcerated individuals. (3) Eligible detention center.--The term ``eligible detention center'' means-- (A) any prison or jail administered by the Bureau of Prisons or a State; and (B) any jail administered by a State or locality. (4) Jail; prison.--The terms ``jail'' and ``prison'' have the meanings given those terms in section 10 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30309). (5) Jail or prison administrator.--The term ``jail or prison administrator'' means