Veterans’ Sentinel Act

This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study each year the trends in suicides and attempted suicides by veterans that happen on VA property and to make recommendations for preventing them. Within 90 days of the law taking effect, the VA would have to set up a working group to collect and analyze data on these on-campus suicides and attempts, including root cause analyses and Behavioral Health Autopsy Program data with family interviews. The working group could improve how the VA collects and combines this data, such as by changing incident reports and building a single data management system. The working group would run for two to five years, and the VA would brief Congress yearly and submit a final report with recommendations.

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Sponsors

• Jason Crow Democrat sponsor
• 13 cosponsors