118th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
S. 928: Not Just a Number Act
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take specified actions related to its suicide prevention services.
Specifically, the bill requires the VA to annually submit a National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report and publish it on a VA website.
The VA must also analyze and report on which benefits and services from the VA have the greatest impact on suicide prevention among veterans.
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The VA must collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a toolkit for state and local coroners and medical examiners that contains best practices for accurately identifying and reporting suicide deaths of veterans. The toolkit must be available on a publicly available website, and the VA and CDC must conduct outreach to state and local agencies to promote the availability and use of the toolkit.
The VA must review the findings and recommendations of the Government Accountability Office's management review of the VA's mental health and suicide prevention services and study the feasibility and advisability of creating a suicide prevention office within the VA.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- John Boozman R-AROriginal
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Christopher Coons D-DE
- Shelley Capito R-WV
- Joe Manchin I-WV
- John Fetterman D-PA
- John Reed D-RI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Ted Cruz R-TX
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Mark Kelly D-AZ
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Hickenlooper D-CO
- Jon Ossoff D-GA
- Timothy Kaine D-VA
- Chris Van Hollen D-MD
- Richard Durbin D-IL
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Kyrsten Sinema I-AZ
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Susan Collins R-ME
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Raphael Warnock D-GA
- Brian Schatz D-HI
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Robert Casey D-PA
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Ron Wyden D-OR
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Debbie Stabenow D-MI
Who scored on this bill
- 1Jon Tester SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Jon Tester.
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- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.