S. 5181 · 117th Congress
American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act
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This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide mental health and suicide prevention outreach to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 5, 2022
American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide mental health and suicide prevention outreach to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.
Specifically, the bill requires that each VA medical center have a full-time minority veteran coordinator. The coordinator must receive training in the delivery of culturally appropriate mental health and suicide prevention services to American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.
Further, the suicide prevention coordinator and minority veteran coordinator of each VA medical center must develop and disseminate a written plan for conducting mental health and suicide prevention outreach to all tribes and urban Indian health organizations within the area of the medical center.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act
Latest action (Dec 5, 2022): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Native Americans · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 5, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.