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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 · Sec. 405

Sec. 405. JOINT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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## SEC. 405 JOINT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ###
(a)Report on Mental Health Programs **[**[38 U.S.C. 8111 note](/us/usc/t38/s8111)**]** ####
(1)In general Not later than one year 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 Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services 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. ####
(2)Elements The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)A description of mental health programs operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the following: ######
(i)Transition assistance programs. ######
(ii)Clinical and non-clinical mental health initiatives, including centers of excellence of the Department of Veterans Affairs for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. ######
(iii)Programs that may secondarily improve mental health, including employment, housing assistance, and financial literacy programs. ######
(iv)Research into mental health issues and conditions, to include post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, traumatic brain injury, suicidal ideation, and any other issues or conditions as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs considers necessary. #####
(B)A description of mental health programs operated by the Department of Defense, including the following: ######
(i)Transition assistance programs. ######
(ii)Clinical and non-clinical mental health initiatives, including the National Intrepid Center of Excellence and the Intrepid Spirit Centers. ######
(iii)Programs that may secondarily improve mental health, including employment, housing assistance, and financial literacy programs. ######
(iv)Research into mental health issues and conditions, to include post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, traumatic brain injury, suicidal ideation, and any other issues or conditions as the Secretary of Defense considers necessary. #####
(C)A description of mental health programs jointly operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, including the following: ######
(i)Transition assistance programs. ######
(ii)Clinical and non-clinical mental health initiatives. ######
(iii)Programs that may secondarily improve mental health, including employment, housing assistance, and financial literacy programs. ######
(iv)Research into mental health issues and conditions, to include post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, traumatic brain injury, suicidal ideation, and completed suicides, including through the use of the joint suicide data repository of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, and any other issues or conditions as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense consider necessary. #####
(D)Recommendations for coordinating mental health programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to improve the effectiveness of those programs. #####
(E)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. ###
(b)Evaluation of Collaborative Efforts of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense and Alternatives of Analysis to Establish a Joint VA/DOD Intrepid Spirit Center ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall evaluate the current ongoing collaborative efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense related to post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury care, research, and education to improve the quality of and access to such care and seek potential new collaborative efforts to improve and expand such care for veterans and members of the Armed Forces in a joint Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Intrepid Spirit Center that serves active duty members of the Armed Forces, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and veterans for mutual benefit and growth in treatment and care. ####
(2)Alternatives of analysis #####
(A)In general The evaluation required under paragraph
(1)shall include an alternatives of analysis to establish the joint Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Intrepid Spirit Center described in paragraph (1). #####
(B)Elements The alternatives of analysis required under subparagraph
(A)with respect to the establishment of the joint Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Intrepid Spirit Center described in paragraph
(1)shall provide alternatives and recommendations that consider information including— ######
(i)colocation of the center on an installation of the Department of Defense or property of a medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs; ######
(ii)consideration of a rural or highly rural area to establish the center that may include colocation described in clause (i); ######
(iii)geographic distance from existing or planned Intrepid Spirit Centers of the Department of Defense or other such facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense that furnish care for post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury; and ######
(iv)the potential role for private entities and philanthropic organizations in carrying out the activities of the center. ####
(3)Report to congress Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that includes— #####
(A)a summary of the evaluation required under paragraph (1); and #####
(B)the alternatives of analysis required under paragraph (2). ####
(4)Rural and highly rural defined In this subsection, with respect to an area, the terms “rural” and “highly rural” have the meanings given those terms in the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas coding system of the Department of Agriculture. # TITLE V IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH MEDICAL WORKFORCE
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JOINT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
U.S.C.§ 8111
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