COPS Counseling Act
Official title: To make Federal law enforcement officer peer support communications confidential, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support Counseling Act or the COPS Counseling Act
This bill sets forth requirements related to peer support counseling programs. A peer support counseling program is a program provided by a law enforcement agency that provides counseling services from a peer support specialist to a law enforcement officer of the agency.
Among other things, the bill does the following:
- generally prohibits the disclosure of the contents of a peer support communication, and
- requires the Department of Justice to develop best practices and professional standards for peer support counseling programs.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3070: COPS Counseling Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3070/
"H.R. 3070: COPS Counseling Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3070/.
H.R. 3070, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3070/.
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