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Calendar No. 6 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 203 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 13, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
JANUARY 21, 2015 
Reported by Mr. ISAKSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for 
the conduct of annual evaluations of mental health care 
and suicide prevention programs of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan 
repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the 
Veterans Health Administration of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Clay Hunt Suicide Pre-
vention for American Veterans Act’’ or the ‘‘Clay Hunt 
SAV Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EVALUATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SUI-
CIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS OF DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) EVALUATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 17 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1709B. Evaluations of mental health care and sui-
cide prevention programs 
‘‘(a) EVALUATIONS.—(1) Not less frequently than 
once during each period specified in paragraph (3), the 
Secretary shall provide for the conduct of an evaluation 
of the mental health care and suicide prevention programs 
carried out under the laws administered by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) Each evaluation conducted under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) use metrics that are common among and 
useful for practitioners in the field of mental health 
care and suicide prevention; 
‘‘(B) identify the most effective mental health 
care and suicide prevention programs conducted by 
the Secretary, including such programs conducted at 
a Center of Excellence; 
‘‘(C) identify the cost-effectiveness of each pro-
gram identified under subparagraph (B); 
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‘‘(D) measure the satisfaction of patients with 
respect to the care provided under each such pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(E) propose best practices for caring for indi-
viduals who suffer from mental health disorders or 
are at risk of suicide, including such practices con-
ducted or suggested by other departments or agen-
cies of the Federal Government, including the Sub-
stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis-
tration of the Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
‘‘(3) The periods specified in this paragraph are the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The period beginning on the date on which 
the Secretary awards the contract under paragraph 
(4) and ending on September 30, 2018. 
‘‘(B) Each fiscal year beginning on or after Oc-
tober 1, 2018. 
‘‘(4) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall seek to enter 
into a contract with an independent third party unaffili-
ated with the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct 
evaluations under paragraph (1). 
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