Public Law 114–188: To 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.Public Law188Public Law 114–188130 Stat. 6112016-06-302016-06-30United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-03114publicPUBLIC LAW 114–188—JUNE 30, 2016130 STAT. 611Public Law114–188114th CongressAn 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.
June 30, 2016
[S. 2487]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act.
38 USC 101 note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act”.SEC. 2. 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 130 STAT. 612
for women veterans and such programs with the highest satisfaction rates among women veterans.”.ApprovedJune 30, 2016.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2487 (H.R. 2915):HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 114–365 (Comm. on Veterans’ Affairs) accompanying H.R. 2915.
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