SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION OUT-
REACH TO MINORITY VETERANS AND AMER-
ICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE VET-
ERANS. 
(a) STAFFING REQUIREMENT.—Beginning not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that each 
medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs has 
no fewer than one full-time employee whose responsibility 
is serving as a minority veteran coordinator. 
(b) TRAINING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Indian Health Service and the Director 
of the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall ensure that all 
minority veteran coordinators receive training in delivery 
of culturally appropriate mental health and suicide preven-
tion services to American Indian and Alaska Native vet-
erans, especially with respect to the identified populations 
and tribes within the coordinators’ catchment areas. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH SUICIDE PREVENTION CO-
ORDINATORS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Director of the Office of Mental Health and Sui-
cide Prevention, shall ensure that the suicide prevention 
coordinator and minority veteran coordinator of each med-
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ical center of the Department have developed and dissemi-
nated to the director of the medical center a written plan 
for conducting mental health and suicide prevention out-
reach to all tribes and urban Indian health organizations 
within the catchment area of the medical center. Each 
such plan shall include for each tribe covered by the 
plan— 
(1) contact information for tribal leadership 
and the tribal health facility or Indian Health Serv-
ice facility serving that tribe; 
(2) a schedule for and list of outreach plans 
(including addressing any barriers to accessing De-
partment mental health care); and 
(3) documentation of any conversation with 
tribal leaders that may guide culturally appropriate 
delivery of mental health care to American Indian or 
Alaska Native veterans. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on outreach efforts to minority vet-
erans and American Indian and Alaska Native veterans. 
Such report shall include each of the following: 
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(1) The number of minority veteran coordina-
tors within the Department. 
(2) The number and percentage of minority vet-
eran coordinators who are women. 
(3) The number and percentage of minority vet-
eran coordinators who are persons of color. 
(4) The number and percentage of Department 
medical centers with minority veteran coordinators. 
(5) The number and percentage of Department 
mental health providers who are enrolled members of 
a federally recognized Indian tribe or self-identify as 
Native American. 
(6) The number and percentage of Department 
mental health providers who speak a second lan-
guage. 
(7) A review of the outreach plans developed 
and submitted to all Department medical centers for 
outreach to American Indian and Alaska Native vet-
erans. 
(8) A review of mental health care provided an-
nually by the Department to American Indian and 
Alaska Native veterans for the past three years, in-
cluding number of appointments, and an assessment 
of any barriers to providing this care. 
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