Sec. 546. Improved consistency in data collection and reporting in Armed Forces suicide prevention efforts
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The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a policy for the development of a standard method for collecting, reporting, and assessing suicide data and suicide-attempt data involving members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, and their dependents in order to improve the consistency and comprehensiveness of— the suicide prevention policy developed pursuant to section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 . 10 U.S.C. 1071 note); and the suicide prevention and resilience program for the National Guard and Reserves established pursuant to section 10219 of title 10, United States Code.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit the policy developed under subsection
(a)to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. At the request of the committees, the Secretary also shall brief such committees on the policy and the implementation status of the standardized suicide data collection, reporting and assessment method. In the case of the suicide prevention and resilience program for the National Guard and Reserves— the Secretary of Defense shall develop the policy required by subsection
(a)in consultation with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau; and the adjutants general of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands shall implement the policy within 180 days after the date of the submission of the policy under subsection (b). In this section, the term dependent , with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means a person described in section 1072(2) of title 10, United States Code, except that, in the case of a parent or parent-in-law of the member, the income requirements of subparagraph
(E)of such section do not apply.
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Improved consistency in data collection and reporting in Armed Forces suicide prevention efforts
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239
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