1.  A governmental entity which licenses and regulates emergency response employees may, within the limits of available money, enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization to establish a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees.

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2.  A nonprofit organization that establishes a program to provide peer support counseling to emergency response employees pursuant to subsection 1 must:

(a) Establish and operate a toll-free hotline for emergency response employees to call if such employees are experiencing mental health issues as a result of the nature of their work.

(b) Establish and maintain a network of peer support counselors to provide peer support counseling to persons who call the toll-free hotline established pursuant to paragraph (a).

(c) Establish and maintain an Internet website that provides:

(1) Information on mental health issues associated with emergency response work, including, without limitation, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, addictive disorders and self-medication; and

(2) Information concerning local and national support groups for mental health issues.

3.  The Division shall post on an Internet website maintained by the Division:

(a) The telephone number of each toll-free hotline established pursuant to subsection 2; and

(b) Information concerning local and national support groups for mental health issues.

4.  To the extent money is available, the Division shall collect information regarding suicide and attempted suicide among emergency response employees and report that information to the Chief Medical Officer or his or her designee. Such a report must not include any confidential or privileged information.