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mit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives an update to the re-
port submitted under paragraph (1). 
(e) CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not be con-
strued to authorize the Secretary to hire additional em-
ployees of the Department to carry out the pilot program 
under subsection (a). 
(f) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 
carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) shall ter-
minate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which 
the pilot program commences. 
SEC. 6. COLLABORATION ON SUICIDE PREVENTION EF-
FORTS 
BETWEEN 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS AND NON-PROFIT MENTAL 
HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may collaborate with non-profit mental health orga-
nizations to prevent suicide among veterans as follows: 
(1) To improve the efficiency and effectiveness 
of suicide prevention efforts carried out by the Sec-
retary and non-profit mental health organizations. 
(2) To assist non-profit mental health organiza-
tions with the suicide prevention efforts of such or-
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ganizations through the use of the expertise of em-
ployees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(3) To jointly carry out suicide prevention ef-
forts. 
(b) EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES.—In carrying out any 
collaboration under subsection (a), the Secretary and any 
non-profit mental health organization with which the Sec-
retary is collaborating under such subsection shall ex-
change training sessions and best practices to help with 
the suicide prevention efforts of the Department and such 
organization. 
(c) DIRECTOR OF SUICIDE PREVENTION COORDINA-
TION.—The Secretary shall select within the Department 
a Director of Suicide Prevention Coordination to under-
take any collaboration with non-profit mental health orga-
nizations under this section or any other provision of law. 
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH 
CARE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS OF COMBAT 
SERVICE DURING CERTAIN PERIODS OF HOS-
TILITIES AND WAR. 
Paragraph (3) of section 1710(e) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) In the case of care for a veteran described in 
paragraph (1)(D), hospital care, medical services, and 
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nursing home care may be provided under or by virtue 
of subsection (a)(2)(F) only during the following periods: 
‘‘(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), 
with respect to a veteran described in paragraph 
(1)(D) who is discharged or released from the active 
military, naval, or air service after January 27, 
2003, the five-year period beginning on the date of 
such discharge or release. 
‘‘(B) With respect to a veteran described in 
paragraph (1)(D) who is discharged or released from 
the active military, naval, or air service after Janu-
ary 1, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, but did 
not enroll to receive such hospital care, medical serv-
ices, or nursing home care pursuant to such para-
graph during the five-year period described in sub-
paragraph (A), the one-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of the Clay Hunt Suicide Pre-
vention for American Veterans Act. 
‘‘(C) With respect to a veteran described in 
paragraph (1)(D) who is discharged or released from 
the active military, naval, or air service on or before 
January 27, 2003, and did not enroll in the patient 
enrollment system under section 1705 of this title on 
or before such date, the three-year period beginning 
on January 27, 2008.’’. 
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SEC. 8. PROHIBITION ON NEW APPROPRIATIONS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise made available for 
such purposes. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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