Sec. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS
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## SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS **[**[38 U.S.C. 101 note](/us/usc/t38/s101)**]** ###
(a)Short Title This Act may be cited as the “Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019”. ###
(b)Table of Contents 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. Strategic plan on expansion of health care coverage for veterans transitioning from service in the Armed Forces. Sec. 102. Review of records of former members of the Armed Forces who die by suicide within one year of separation from the Armed Forces. Sec. 103. Report on REACH VET program of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 104. Report on care for former members of the Armed Forces with other than honorable discharge. TITLE II—SUICIDE PREVENTION Sec. 201. Financial assistance to certain entities to provide or coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services for eligible individuals and their families. Sec. 202. Analysis on feasibility and advisability of the Department of Veterans Affairs providing certain complementary and integrative health services. Sec. 203. Pilot program to provide veterans access to complementary and integrative health programs through animal therapy, agritherapy, sports and recreation therapy, art therapy, and posttraumatic growth programs. Sec. 204. Department of Veterans Affairs study of all-cause mortality of veterans, including by suicide, and review of staffing levels of mental health professionals. Sec. 205. 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. Study on connection between living at high altitude and suicide risk factors among veterans. Sec. 302. Establishment by Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense of a clinical provider treatment toolkit and accompanying training materials for comorbidities. Sec. 303. Update of clinical practice guidelines for assessment and management of patients at risk for suicide. Sec. 304. Establishment by Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Sec. 305. Precision medicine initiative of Department of Veterans Affairs to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers. Sec. 306. Statistical analyses and data evaluation 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. Comptroller General management review of mental health and suicide prevention services of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 404. Comptroller General report on efforts of Department of Veterans Affairs to integrate mental health care into primary care clinics. Sec. 405. Joint mental health programs by Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense. TITLE V—IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH MEDICAL WORKFORCE Sec. 501. Staffing improvement plan for mental health providers of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 502. Establishment of Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Counseling Service Scholarship Program. Sec. 503. Comptroller General report on Readjustment Counseling Service of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 504. Expansion of reporting requirements on Readjustment Counseling Service of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 505. Briefing on alternative work schedules for employees of Veterans Health Administration. Sec. 506. Suicide prevention coordinators. Sec. 507. Report on efforts by Department of Veterans Affairs to implement safety planning in emergency departments. TITLE VI—IMPROVEMENT OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS Sec. 601. Expansion of capabilities of Women Veterans Call Center to include text messaging. Sec. 602. Requirement for Department of Veterans Affairs internet website to provide information on services available to women veterans. TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS Sec. 701. Expanded telehealth from Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 702. Partnerships with non-Federal Government entities to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans and studies on the use of such therapy for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Sec. 703. Prescription of technical qualifications for licensed hearing aid specialists and requirement for appointment of such specialists. Sec. 704. Use by Department of Veterans Affairs of commercial institutional review boards in sponsored research trials. Sec. 705. Creation of Office of Research Reviews within the Office of Information and Technology of the Department of Veterans Affairs. # TITLE I IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSITION OF INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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