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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4909 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 741

Sec. 741. Mental health resources for members of the military services at high risk of suicide

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The Secretary of Defense shall develop a methodology that identifies which members and units of the military services are at high risk of suicide. The Secretary of Defense shall use the results under subsection
(c)to— identify which units have a disproportionately high rate of suicide and suicide attempts; and provide additional preventative and treatment resources for mental health for members of the military services who were deployed with the units identified under subparagraph (A). The Secretary of Defense shall use the results under subsection
(c)to— identify the circumstances of deployments associated with increased vulnerability to suicide, including the length of deployment, the region and area of deployment, and the nature and extent to which there was contact with enemy forces; and provide additional preventative mental health care to units who currently are, or will be, deployed under circumstances similar to those of subparagraph (A). The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall use the results under subsection
(c)to provide outreach regarding the available preventative and treatment resources for mental health for enrolled veterans who were deployed with the units identified under this subsection. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a methodology to assess the rate of suicide and suicide attempts of members of the military services of units that have been deployed in support of a contingency operation after September 11, 2001. Not later than September 30, 2017, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a report on the activities carried out under this section and the effectiveness of such activities. Information disclosed or obtained pursuant to the provisions of this section may be used by officers, employees, and contractors of the Department of Defense only for the purposes of, and to the extent necessary in, carrying out this section. In this section: The term military services means the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Marine Corps, including the reserve components thereof. The term enrolled veteran means a veteran enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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