,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ecbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbf,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself1  
,mr4 ,warner1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4      
,lujn1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 and ,mr4            
,hickenlooper7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,health and ,human ,services to conduct 
a study on suicide risk factors faced by
 construction workers1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,constructing the   
,path to ,suicide ,prevention ,act4  #b4
 ,study on suicide risk factors faced by
 construction workers  7a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention1 7referred to in this   
section as the ,secretary7 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 workers4  7b7 ,risk
 factors ,the study under subsection 7a7
 may consider employment1               
organizational1 and individual risk     
factors with respect to construction    
workers who died by suicide1 including--
 7#a7 demographic information2  7#b7    
employment status at time of death2     
7#c7 the type of construction work1 as  
determined by the ,secretary of ,labor  
under subchapter ,,iv of chapter #ca of 
title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code        
7commonly known as the ,davis-,bacon    
,act71 in which the workers were        
engaged2  7#d7 union membership status2 
7#e7 whether the worker was covered     
under a health plan1 and if the worker  
was covered under a group health plan1  
the type of plan sponsor of such plan1  
from among the plan sponsor types       
described in clauses 7i7 through 7iv7 of
 section #c7af77;,b7 of the ,employee   

,retirement ,income ,security ,act of   
#aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb7af77;,b772   
7#f7 whether the worker received        
benefits under an employment agreement2 
7#g7 whether the worker had access to an
 employee assistance program2  7#h7     
history of substance and alcohol use2   
7#i7 history of bankruptcy or debt      
collection2  7#aj7 history of injury    
impacting the ability to work in the    
#ab-month period immediately preceding  
death1 and whether the worker received a
 prescription opioid for the treatment  
of such an injury2 and  7#aa7 history of
 mental health diagnosis4  7c7          
,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 laws4  7d7  
,report to ,congress ,not later than #c 
years after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 the ,secretary shall submit  
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 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 workers1 as determined     
through the study conducted under       
subsection 7a74