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This Act may be cited as the . Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Improvement of transition of individuals to services from Department of Veterans Affairs Sec. 101. Expansion of health care coverage for veterans. Sec. 102. Grants for provision of transition assistance to former members of the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life.
Sec. 103. Study of community-based transition assistance programs for former members of the Armed Forces. Sec. 104. Modification of eligibility for care from Department of Veterans Affairs for former members of the Armed Forces with other than honorable discharges and report on such care. TITLE II—Suicide prevention Sec. 201. Grants for organizations providing mental health wellness services to veterans. Sec. 202. Designation of buddy check week by Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 203. Post-traumatic growth partnerships. Sec. 204. Progress of Department of Veterans Affairs in meeting goals and objectives of National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide. Sec. 205. Study on feasibility and advisability of providing certain complementary and integrative health services. Sec. 206. Program to provide veterans access to complementary and integrative health services through animal therapy, agri-therapy, and outdoor sports therapy. Sec. 207. Comptroller General report on management by Department of Veterans Affairs of veterans at high risk for suicide.
TITLE III—Programs, studies, and guidelines on mental health Sec. 301. Program to provide veterans access to computerized cognitive behavioral therapy. Sec. 302. Study on connection between living at high altitude and suicide risk factors among veterans. Sec. 303. Establishment by Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense of clinical practice guidelines for comorbid mental health conditions. Sec. 304. Update of clinical practice guidelines for assessment and management of patients at risk for suicide.
Sec. 305. Precision medicine initiative of Department of Veterans Affairs to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers. Sec. 306. Preventative and complex data analysis by Department of Veterans Affairs. TITLE IV—Oversight of mental health care and related services Sec. 401. Study on effectiveness of suicide prevention and mental health outreach programs of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 402. Oversight of mental health and suicide prevention media outreach conducted by Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 403. Annual report on progress of Department of Veterans Affairs in meeting goals and objectives of Executive Order 13822. Sec. 404. Comptroller General management review of mental health and suicide prevention services of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 405. Comptroller General report on efforts of Department of Veterans Affairs to integrate mental health care into primary care clinics. Sec. 406. Joint mental health programs by Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense.
TITLE V—Medical workforce Subtitle A—Improvement of mental health medical workforce Sec. 501. Treatment of psychologists. Sec. 502. Staffing improvement plan for psychiatrists and psychologists of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 503. Occupational series and staffing improvement plan for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 504. Staffing improvement plan for peer specialists of Department of Veterans Affairs who are women.
Sec. 505. Establishment of Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Counseling Service Scholarship Program. Sec. 506. Comptroller General report on Readjustment Counseling Service of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 507. Expansion of reporting requirements on Readjustment Counseling Service of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 508. Studies on alternative work schedules for employees of Veterans Health Administration. Sec. 509. Suicide prevention coordinators. Subtitle B—Direct hiring authorities for certain health care positions Sec. 521.
Direct hiring authorities for certain health care positions. TITLE VI—Improvement of telehealth services Sec. 601. Expanded telehealth from Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 602. Implementation of national protocol for telehealth security and interfacing instructions.
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