3.0.0 2822 2022-11-01T05:02:35Z 2022-11-01T05:02:35Z Senate S 2019-11-07 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-07T21:16:39Z 2019-11-07 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Firearms and explosives Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Health promotion and preventive care Medical education Mental health Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-11-07 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-13T15:37:44Z Post-9/11 Veteran Suicide Prevention Counseling Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a suicide risk management and prevention and lethal means training course that is culturally appropriate and addresses the concerns of firearm owners. The VA must make such training course available to members of the public and must update the course at least every two years.

Additionally, the VA must provide the most recent training course at least once every five years to each employee of the Veterans Health Administration who regularly interacts with veterans in the course of their employment.

]]> Post–9/11 Veteran Suicide Prevention Counseling Act Display Title Post–9/11 Veteran Suicide Prevention Counseling Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Post–9/11 Veteran Suicide Prevention Counseling Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and maintain a suicide risk management and prevention and lethal means training course for certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2822is/xml/BILLS-116s2822is.xml 2019-11-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.