Sec. 513. Improved consistency in suicide prevention and resilience program for the reserve components of the Armed Forces
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To improve consistency in and oversight of the suicide prevention and resilience program for the National Guard and Reserves established pursuant to section 10219 of title 10, United States Code, 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 National Guard and Reserves. The Secretary of Defense shall develop the policy required by subsection
(a)in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 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. The Secretaries of the military departments shall implement the policy developed under subsection
(a)by not later than 180 days after the date of the submittal of the policy pursuant to subsection (c).