114 S2487 ES: Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act U.S. Senate text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

114th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 2487IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo 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, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act.

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Specific consideration of women veterans in evaluation of Department of Veterans 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 metrics applicable specifically 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 subparagraph:(F)identify the mental health care and suicide prevention programs conducted by the Secretary that are most effective for women veterans and such programs with the highest satisfaction rates among women veterans..

Passed the Senate June 7, 2016.Secretary