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Union Calendar No. 278 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2915 
[Report No. 114–365] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs 
and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans as part of 
the evaluation of such programs by the Secretary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
DECEMBER 3, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. FRANKEL of Flor-
ida, Mr. HONDA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. JONES, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. KILMER, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
ASHFORD, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. KING of New York, 
and Mr. CLEAVER 
DECEMBER 3, 2015 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 25, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care 
and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are 
effective in treating women veterans as part of the eval-
uation of such programs by the Secretary. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Female Veteran Suicide 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF WOMEN VETERANS 
IN EVALUATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND 
SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. 
Section 1709B(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, including specific metrics 
applicable to women’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) identify the mental health care and suicide 
prevention programs conducted by the Secretary that 
are most effective for women veterans and such pro-
grams with the highest satisfaction rates among 
women veterans.’’. 
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SEC. 3. MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR VETERANS WHO 
SERVED IN CLASSIFIED MISSIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that veterans who experience combat-related mental health 
wounds should have immediate, appropriate, and consistent 
access to comprehensive mental health care. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following section: 
‘‘§ 1720H. Mental health treatment for veterans who 
served in classified missions 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—(1) The Sec-
retary shall establish standards and procedures to ensure 
that each covered veteran may access mental health care 
provided by the Secretary in a manner that fully accommo-
dates the obligation of the veteran to not improperly disclose 
classified information. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall disseminate guidance to em-
ployees of the Veterans Health Administration, including 
mental health professionals, on the standards and proce-
dures established under paragraph (1) and how to best en-
gage covered veterans during the course of mental health 
treatment with respect to classified information. 
‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall ensure that a veteran may elect to iden-
tify as a covered veteran on an appropriate form. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘classified information’ means any 
information or material that has been determined by 
an official of the United States pursuant to law, an 
Executive order, or regulation to require protection 
against unauthorized disclosure for reasons of na-
tional security. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered veteran’ means a veteran 
who— 
‘‘(A) is enrolled in the health care system 
established under section 1705(a) of this title; 
‘‘(B) is seeking mental health treatment; 
and 
‘‘(C) in the course of serving in the Armed 
Forces, participated in a sensitive mission or 
served in a sensitive unit. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘sensitive mission’ means a mis-
sion of the Armed Forces that, at the time at which 
a covered veteran seeks treatment, is classified. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘sensitive unit’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 130b(c)(4) of title 10.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 1720G the following new item: 
‘‘1720H. Mental health treatment for veterans who served in classified missions.’’. 
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