(4) To disseminate educational materials about 
post-deployment mental health issues, including 
PTSD to servicemembers. 
(5) To provide follow-up educational materials 
by mail to family members. 
(6) To provide information concerning home-
lessness, including risk factors, awareness assess-
ment, and contact information for preventative as-
sistance associated with homelessness. 
(e) VA PARTICIPATION IN ADDITIONAL DEMOBILIZA-
TION ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to participate in ad-
ditional demobilization activities, including the Transi-
tional Assistance Program, that are conducted within the 
Department of Defense for the purposes specified in sub-
section (d). 
CHAPTER 3—PREVENTION, EARLY DETEC-
TION, AND TREATMENT FOR RETURN-
ING TROOPS 
SEC. 141. STUDY TO IDENTIFY FACTORS THAT DECREASE 
THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
CHRONIC PTSD DESPITE COMBAT EXPOSURE. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide for a study, to be conducted by an entity other 
than the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Depart-
ment of Defense, to identify factors that decrease the like-
lihood of the development of chronic post-traumatic stress 
disorder (PTSD) in servicemembers and veterans who 
have had combat exposure, including exposure to guerilla 
warfare. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall provide for the en-
tity conducting the study under subsection (a) to submit 
a report on the results of the study to the Secretary and 
the Congress not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 142. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF ENHANCED ELIGI-
BILITY FOR VA HEALTH SERVICES FOR VET-
ERANS WHO SERVED IN COMBAT THEATERS 
OF OPERATIONS. 
Section 1710(e)(3)(C) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘five 
years’’. 
SEC. 143. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO STATION DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PSYCHOLO-
GISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS AT MAJOR DEMO-
BILIZATION SITES AND MILITARY TREAT-
MENT FACILITIES. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly 
provide for the conduct of a demonstration project under
which Department of Veterans Affairs psychologists and 
psychiatrists are stationed at major demobilization sites 
and military treatment facilities. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the demonstration 
project shall be as follows: 
(1) Identify, on an aggregate level, need for 
mental health services among active-duty, Reserve, 
and National Guard members. 
(2) Provide such services or refer members for 
necessary services. 
(3) Advise servicemembers of the need for con-
tinuous services. 
(4) Identify the obstacles servicemembers have 
in seeking appropriate mental health care. 
(c) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2006, 2007, and 2008 for the conduct of the dem-
onstration project. Amounts for the conduct of the project 
shall be provided equally by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs and the Secretary of Defense. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—Based on the results of 
the demonstration project, the Secretaries shall identify 
appropriate eligibility criteria for programs to best re-
spond to the needs of veterans, servicemembers, and their 
families for post-deployment mental health services. The
criteria identified shall be included in the report under 
subsection (e). 
(e) REPORT.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a report pro-
viding the results of the demonstration project. The report 
shall be submitted not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 144. MODEL PROGRAMS FOR POST-DEPLOYMENT MEN-
TAL HEALTH PRACTICE. 
(a) MODEL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall develop model programs to respond to a variety of 
mental health disorders prevalent among veterans of serv-
ice in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom. The program shall be implemented at three sites 
selected by the Secretary, of which— 
(1) at least one site shall assign case managers 
to veterans receiving care under such program; and 
(2) at least one site shall use an integrated 
mental health and primary care model for post-de-
ployment mental health practice. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the model program 
shall be as follows: