[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 130, 114th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 114-188
114th Congress

An Act


 
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. <>

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 ``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

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for women veterans and such programs with the highest
satisfaction rates among women veterans.''.

Approved June 30, 2016.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2487 (H.R. 2915):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114-365 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs) accompanying
H.R. 2915.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016):
June 7, considered and passed Senate.
June 21, considered and passed House.