A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on suicide among veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3122
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-12-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Health information and medical records

Mental health

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to annually report on suicide among veterans, specifying the number of veterans who committed suicide and organizing such information demographically.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3122 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 19, 2019 Ms. McSally introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on suicide among veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Annual report on suicide among veterans Section 1720F of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new subsection (k); (k) Annual report on suicide among veterans (1) Not less frequently than annually, in carrying out the comprehensive program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on suicide among veterans. (2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall, for the year covered by the report— (A) specify the number of veterans who committed suicide, disaggregated by age, sex, race, and ethnicity; and (B) include such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. .