[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1392 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1392

 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an 
  assessment of the responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates of 
suicide prevention coordinators of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2019

  Mr. Sullivan (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an 
  assessment of the responsibilities, workload, and vacancy rates of 
suicide prevention coordinators of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Support for Suicide Prevention 
Coordinators Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, WORKLOAD, 
              AND VACANCY RATES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              SUICIDE PREVENTION COORDINATORS.

    (a) Assessment Required.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United 
        States shall conduct an assessment of the responsibilities, 
        workload, training, and vacancy rates of suicide prevention 
        coordinators of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Elements.--The assessment under paragraph (1) shall 
        include a determination of--
                    (A) the extent to which the use and staffing of 
                suicide prevention coordinators varies between 
                facilities of the Department; and
                    (B) the extent to which the Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs provides oversight of suicide prevention 
                coordinators.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing 
the findings of the assessment required by subsection (a).
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