Iowa SF351 establishes mental health support for corrections officers, including annual screenings and counseling.

Iowa SF351 mandates the Department of Corrections to hire mental health liaisons for each institution, develop an annual mental health screening survey, and establish an outreach team to refer officers with severe mental illnesses to local mental health care providers. The bill also requires the department to provide reimbursement for outreach team costs and at least one mandatory, employer-funded, confidential counseling session annually for corrections officers. The bill appropriates $400,000 to implement these provisions.

Iowa SF351 establishes mental health support for corrections officers, including annual screenings and counseling.

Iowa SF351 mandates the Department of Corrections to hire mental health liaisons for each institution, develop an annual mental health screening survey, and establish an outreach team to refer officers with severe mental illnesses to local mental health care providers. The bill also requires the department to provide reimbursement for outreach team costs and at least one mandatory, employer-funded, confidential counseling session annually for corrections officers. The bill appropriates $400,000 to implement these provisions.