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S 5181 117th Congress Senate Native Americans

American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act

Introduced: December 5, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Dec 5, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 5, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide mental health and suicide prevention outreach to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.

Specifically, the bill requires that each VA medical center have a full-time minority veteran coordinator. The coordinator must receive training in the delivery of culturally appropriate mental health and suicide prevention services to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.

Further, the suicide prevention coordinator and minority veteran coordinator of each VA medical center must develop and disseminate a written plan for conducting mental health and suicide prevention outreach to all tribes and urban Indian health organizations within the area of the medical center.

What's happening now December 5, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 912 Related bill American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Dec 5, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5181: American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5181/
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"S. 5181: American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5181/.
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S. 5181, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5181/.
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