[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5327 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5327

  To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a 
 study on suicide risk factors faced by construction workers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2026

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Lujan, Mr. 
 Kelly, and Mr. Hickenlooper) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
                              and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a 
 study on suicide risk factors faced by construction workers, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Constructing the Path to Suicide 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON SUICIDE RISK FACTORS FACED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall conduct a 
study on construction workers who died by suicide to understand suicide 
risk factors that construction workers face and the additive impact of 
such risk factors on such workers.
    (b) Risk Factors.--The study under subsection (a) may consider 
employment, organizational, and individual risk factors with respect to 
construction workers who died by suicide, including--
            (1) demographic information;
            (2) employment status at time of death;
            (3) the type of construction work, as determined by the 
        Secretary of Labor under subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
        40, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Davis-Bacon 
        Act''), in which the workers were engaged;
            (4) union membership status;
            (5) whether the worker was covered under a health plan, and 
        if the worker was covered under a group health plan, the type 
        of plan sponsor of such plan, from among the plan sponsor types 
        described in clauses (i) through (iv) of section 3(16)(B) of 
        the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
        1002(16)(B));
            (6) whether the worker received benefits under an 
        employment agreement;
            (7) whether the worker had access to an employee assistance 
        program;
            (8) history of substance and alcohol use;
            (9) history of bankruptcy or debt collection;
            (10) history of injury impacting the ability to work in the 
        12-month period immediately preceding death, and whether the 
        worker received a prescription opioid for the treatment of such 
        an injury; and
            (11) history of mental health diagnosis.
    (c) Confidentiality.--The Secretary shall maintain information 
collected pursuant to the study under this section in a manner 
consistent with all applicable Federal and State privacy laws.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on 
policy recommendations to address the factors that increase suicide 
risk in construction workers, as determined through the study conducted 
under subsection (a).
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