S 3304
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care quality
Mental health
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care
No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act
Introduced: September 8, 2016
Introduced by:
Thune, John
Republican
· South Dakota
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 8, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop:
- a quality assurance document for carrying out the toll-free Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), including at backup call centers; and
- a plan to ensure that each telephone call, text message, and other communication received by the VCL, including at backup call centers, is answered in a timely manner by a person, consistent with the guidance established by the American Association of Suicidology.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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