Data Driven Suicide Prevention and Outreach Act of 2026

This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to set up a grant program within one year to fund organizations that use artificial intelligence to build models predicting risk factors for suicide among veterans. Eligible organizations include nonprofits, academic institutions, and private research groups with experience in AI, health data, and data security. The department would award grants to at least two organizations, with no more than one per regional veterans health network, and would give priority to areas with high veteran suicide rates, high Veterans Crisis Line call rates, and long mental health wait times. Each model would need to be able to combine veterans' benefits and military service records with clinical health data. The program would end on September 30, 2029.

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Sponsors

• Ryan Mackenzie Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors