118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6330Veterans’ Sentinel Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to collect and analyze data regarding suicides and attempted suicides by veterans on the property of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Armed forces and national security
Introduced Nov 9, 2023
Last action Nov 27, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Nov 9, 2023
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Referred
Nov 27, 2023
Veterans' Affairs
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program establishing a working group in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention to collect and analyze data regarding on-campus (i.e., on VA property) suicides and on-campus attempted suicides by veterans. The working group is authorized to implement improvements to the process by which the VA collects data related to on-campus suicides to unify the disparate sources of such data. The VA must annually brief Congress regarding the progress and findings of the working group. The bill requires the VA to (1) annually evaluate the statistical trends of suicides and attempted suicides by veterans that occu...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Nov 27, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 9, 2023
Introduced in House
Nov 9, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.