3.0.0 2585 2023-01-11T13:15:09Z 2023-01-11T13:15:09Z Senate S S 2008-01-31 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-01-31T23:07:51Z Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008 110 5223 HR 2008-02-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2008-01-31 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2008-01-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2008-01-31 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-01-31 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2008-01-31 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-01-31 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2008-01-31 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-01-31 True W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2008-01-31 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-02-07 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-02-12 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-02-12 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2008-04-01 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-04-22 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2008-04-22 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-04-23 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-05-01 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2008-05-06 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2008-05-13 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-05-15 False B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2008-06-18 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-07-28 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-11-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Brain Congress Congress and military policy Congressional reporting requirements Drug abuse Drug abuse prevention Drug abuse treatment Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Head injuries Health Health planning Iraq compilation Mental health Mental health services Military dependents Military medicine Military training National Guard Preventive medicine Stress (Psychology) Suicide Trauma care Veterans' medical care War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-04T21:11:25Z Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to undertake specified actions to enhance the suicide prevention programs of the Department of Defense (DOD), including: (1) suicide prevention training for all members of the Armed Forces and DOD civilian health care community and family support professionals; and (2) a suicide prevention outreach program throughout the Armed Forces and military family communities.

Directs the Secretary to provide readjustment assistance to spouses and parents of members returning from deployments, including information on: (1) ways to identify signs and symptoms of risk factors for suicide; and (2) the national suicide prevention hotline and other suicide prevention resources.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants and enter into cooperative agreements to identify and implement within DOD strategies for: (1) the recruitment and retention of qualified military behavioral health professionals to provide mental health services, and substance abuse disorder prevention and treatment services, to members; and (2) reducing the stigma associated with seeking mental health treatment.

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