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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 785 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 406

Sec. 406. Joint mental health programs by Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on mental health programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense and joint programs of the Departments. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of mental health programs operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the following: Transition assistance programs. Clinical mental health initiatives, including— the Million Veterans Program; and centers of excellence of the Department of Veterans Affairs for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. Programs that may secondarily improve mental health, including employment, housing assistance, and financial literacy programs. Research into mental health issues and conditions. A description of mental health programs operated by the Department of Defense, including the following: Transition assistance programs. Clinical mental health initiatives, including the National Intrepid Center of Excellence. Programs that may secondarily improve mental health, including employment, housing assistance, and financial literacy programs. Research into mental health issues and conditions. A description of mental health programs jointly operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, including the following: Transition assistance programs. Clinical mental health initiatives. Programs that may secondarily improve mental health, including employment, housing assistance, and financial literacy programs. Research into mental health issues and conditions. Recommendations for coordinating mental health programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to improve the effectiveness of those programs. Recommendations for novel joint programming of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to improve the mental health of members of the Armed Forces and veterans. Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a center of excellence to be known as the Joint DOD/VA National Intrepid Center of Excellence Intrepid Spirit Center (in this subsection referred to as the Center ). The Center shall conduct joint mental health programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. The Center shall be established in a location that— is geographically distant from already existing and planned Intrepid Spirit Centers of the Department of Defense; and is in a rural or highly rural area (as determined through the use of the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas coding system of the Department of Agriculture).
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