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
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## 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 ###
(a)Review ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly review the records of each former member of the Armed Forces who died by suicide, as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, within one year following the discharge or release of the former member from active military, naval, or air service during the five-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act. ####
(2)Records to be reviewed In completing the review required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall review the following records maintained by the Department of Defense: #####
(A)Health treatment records. #####
(B)Fitness, medical, and dental records. #####
(C)Ancillary training records. #####
(D)Safety forms and additional duties sections of the personnel information files. ###
(b)Elements The review required by subsection
(a)with respect to a former member of the Armed Forces shall include consideration of the following: ####
(1)Whether the Department of Defense had identified the former member as being at elevated risk during the 365-day period before separation of the member from the Armed Forces. ####
(2)In the case that the member was identified as being at elevated risk as described in paragraph (1), whether that identification had been communicated to the Department of Veterans Affairs via the Solid Start initiative of the Department pursuant to Executive Order 13822 (83 Fed. Reg. 1513; relating to supporting our veterans during their transition from uniformed service to civilian life), or any other means. ####
(3)The presence of evidence-based and empirically-supported contextual and individual risk factors specified in subsection
(c)with respect to the former member and how those risk factors correlated to the circumstances of the death of the former member. ####
(4)Demographic variables, including the following: #####
(A)Sex. #####
(B)Age. #####
(C)Rank at separation from the Armed Forces. #####
(D)Career field after separation from the Armed Forces. #####
(E)State and county of residence one month prior to death. #####
(F)Branch of service in the Armed Forces. #####
(G)Marital status. #####
(H)Reason for separation from the Armed Forces. ####
(5)Support or medical services furnished to the former member through the Department of Defense, specified by the type of service or care provided. ####
(6)Support or medical services furnished to the former member through the Department of Veterans Affairs, specified by the type of service or care provided. ###
(c)Evidence-based and Empirically-supported Contextual and Individual Risk Factors Evidence-based and empirically-supported contextual and individual risk factors specified in this subsection include the following: ####
(1)Exposure to violence. ####
(2)Exposure to suicide. ####
(3)Housing instability. ####
(4)Financial instability. ####
(5)Vocational problems or insecurity. ####
(6)Legal problems. ####
(7)Highly acute or significantly chronic relational problems. ####
(8)Limited access to health care. ###
(d)Report Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an aggregated report on the results of the review conducted under subsection
(a)with respect to the year-one cohort of former members of the Armed Forces covered by the review. ###
(e)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Active military, naval, or air service The term “active military, naval, or air service” has the meaning given that term in section 101(24) of title 38, United States Code. ####
(2)Appropriate committees of congress defined The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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REVIEW OF RECORDS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIE BY SUICIDE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF SEPARATION FROM THE ARMED FORCES
Fed. Reg.83 FR 1513
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