Sec. 754. Report on Coordination, Data Sharing, and Evaluation Efforts for Suicide Prevention
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to each congressional committee with jurisdiction over the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Health and Human Services, a report on the coordination, data sharing, and evaluation efforts on suicide prevention across these departments.
The report shall include: An overview of the functioning and core findings of the Interagency Task Force on Military and Veterans Mental Health since its creation in 2012. An accounting of the funding each Department has obligated towards suicide prevention related research. An outline of methods of comparing programs and sharing best practices for suicide prevention by each Department. An outline of the work to actively develop and improve joint suicide prevention practices based on information compiled and shared by each Department.
An outline of the plan each Department has to achieve greater government efficiency and cross-agency coordination, data sharing, and evaluation in Federal suicide prevention efforts, in line with Priority Goal 5 of the plan entitled, Reducing Military and Veteran Suicide , published by the White House in November 2021. Any other information the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines to be appropriate.