No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act

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13 cosponsors · 4 D, 9 R

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This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 8, 2016

No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop:

a quality assurance document for carrying out the toll-free Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), including at backup call centers; and
a plan to ensure that each telephone call, text message, and other communication received by the VCL, including at backup call centers, is answered in a timely manner by a person, consistent with the guidance established by the American Association of Suicidology.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act

Latest action (Sep 8, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 8, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.