Sec. 3. BEST PRACTICES AND SUPPORT
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## SEC. 3 BEST PRACTICES AND SUPPORT **[**[34 U.S.C. 50902](/us/usc/t34/s50902)**]** ###
(a)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)First responder The term “first responder” has the meaning given the term “public safety officer” in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284). ####
(2)First responder agency The term “first responder agency” means a Federal, State, local, or Tribal agency that employs or otherwise engages the services of a first responder. ####
(3)Peer support counseling program The term “peer support counseling program” means a program provided by a first responder agency that provides counseling services from a peer support specialist to a first responder of the first responder agency. ####
(4)Peer support participant The term “peer support participant” means a first responder who receives counseling services from a peer support specialist. ####
(5)Peer support specialist The term “peer support specialist” means a first responder who— #####
(A)has received training in— ######
(i)peer support counseling; and ######
(ii)providing emotional and moral support to first responders who have been involved in or exposed to an emotionally traumatic experience in the course of the duties of those first responders; and #####
(B)is designated by a first responder agency to provide the services described in subparagraph (A). ###
(b)Report on Best Practices Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall develop a report on best practices and professional standards for peer support counseling programs for first responder agencies that includes— ####
(1)advice on— #####
(A)establishing and operating peer support counseling programs; and #####
(B)training and certifying peer support specialists; ####
(2)a code of ethics for peer support specialists; ####
(3)recommendations for continuing education for peer support specialists; ####
(4)advice on disclosing to first responders any confidentiality rights of peer support participants; and ####
(5)information on— #####
(A)the different types of peer support counseling programs in use by first responder agencies; #####
(B)any differences in peer support counseling programs offered across categories of first responders; and #####
(C)the important role senior first responders play in supporting access to mental health resources. ###
(c)Implementation The Attorney General shall support and encourage the implementation of peer support counseling programs in first responder agencies by— ####
(1)making the report developed under subsection
(b)publicly available on the website of the Department of Justice; and ####
(2)providing a list of peer support specialist training programs on the website of the Department of Justice.
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