S 3195
116th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Mental health
Military medicine
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care
Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act of 2020
Introduced: January 15, 2020
Introduced by:
Cassidy, Bill
Republican
· Louisiana
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 15, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 15, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Promoting Coordination for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly review and report on the records of each former member of the Armed Forces who died by suicide within one year of separation from the Armed Forces during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill.
The bill also requires the VA to report on the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health—Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program to assess, among other elements, the impact of the program on rates of suicide among veterans.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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