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type: "LegalText"
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title: "34 U.S.C. § 50902"
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description: "Best practices and support"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 34
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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chapter_number: "509"
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chapter_name: "CONFIDENTIALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER SUPPORT COUNSELING"
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section: "50902"
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citation: "34 U.S.C. § 50902"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 34 U.S.C. § 50902 - Best practices and support
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## Text
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(a) Definitions In this section:
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(1) First responder The term “first responder” has the meaning given the term “public safety officer” in section 10284 of this title.
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(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.
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(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.
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(4) Peer support participant The term “peer support participant” means a first responder who receives counseling services from a peer support specialist.
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(5) Peer support specialist The term “peer support specialist” means a first responder who—
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(A) has received training in—
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(i) peer support counseling; and
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(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
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(B) is designated by a first responder agency to provide the services described in subparagraph (A).
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(b) Report on best practices Not later than 2 years after November 18, 2021, 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—
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(1) advice on—
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(A) establishing and operating peer support counseling programs; and
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(B) training and certifying peer support specialists;
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(2) a code of ethics for peer support specialists;
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(3) recommendations for continuing education for peer support specialists;
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(4) advice on disclosing to first responders any confidentiality rights of peer support participants; and
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(5) information on—
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(A) the different types of peer support counseling programs in use by first responder agencies;
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(B) any differences in peer support counseling programs offered across categories of first responders; and
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(C) the important role senior first responders play in supporting access to mental health resources.
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(c) Implementation The Attorney General shall support and encourage the implementation of peer support counseling programs in first responder agencies by—
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(1) making the report developed under subsection (b) publicly available on the website of the Department of Justice; and
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(2) providing a list of peer support specialist training programs on the website of the Department of Justice.
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(Pub. L. 117–60, § 3, Nov. 18, 2021, 135 Stat. 1472.)
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