The Director shall establish within the Agency an office (in this section referred to as the "Office") to provide support for the physical health, mental health, and wellbeing of eligible individuals under subsection (d).
The head of the Office is the Chief Wellbeing Officer, who shall provide to the Director regular updates on the operations of the Office.
To assist in performing the functions under subsection (c), the Director shall assign to the Office a sufficient number of individuals, who shall have no official duties other than duties related to the Office while so assigned.
The Director shall establish the functions and role of the Office, which shall include the following:
The inclusion of any person on a list maintained or made available pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) shall not be construed as an endorsement of such person (or any service furnished by such person), and the Director shall not be liable, as a result of such inclusion, for any portion of compensable injury, loss, or damage attributable to such person or service.
The Director shall ensure that, to the extent permitted by law, the advice and assistance provided by the Office to eligible individuals under subsection (d) is provided in a confidential manner.
The Director may prescribe regulations regarding the requirement for confidentiality under this paragraph. The Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees (as defined in section 3003 of this title), the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives any such regulations not later than 30 days after prescribing such regulations.
An individual described in paragraph (2) may receive a service under the Office at the election of the individual.
An individual described in this paragraph is-
50 U.S.C. § 3530
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT Pub. L. 117-263, §6416, 136 Stat. 3530, provided that: "The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall establish the Office under section 29 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 [50 U.S.C. 3530] (as added by subsection (a)) (in this section referred to as the 'Office') by not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2022]."
- Agency
- "Agency" means the Central Intelligence Agency;
- Director
- "Director" means the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; and