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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021 · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. GAO STUDY OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE FURNISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RURAL VETERANS

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## SEC. 3 GAO STUDY OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE FURNISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RURAL VETERANS ###
(a)Study Required The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to assess whether the Department of Veterans Affairs has sufficient resources to serve rural veterans who need covered mental health care. Such study shall include assessments of— ####
(1)whether the mental health care furnished by the Secretary (through resources including the RANGE Program, Enhanced RANGE Program, mental health residential rehabilitation treatment programs, inpatient mental health services, and PRR centers) is sufficient to meet the covered mental health care needs of rural veterans; ####
(2)how best to expand and to appropriately locate resources described in paragraph (1); ####
(3)whether to require the establishment of a PRR center at a medical facility of the Department that serves 1,000 or more veterans on the National Psychosis Registry; ####
(4)the demand by rural veterans for mental health resources specified in paragraph (1); ####
(5)the average wait time for a rural veteran for mental health resources specified in paragraph (1); and ####
(6)how many rural veterans died by suicide or overdose— #####
(A)while on a wait list for mental health resources specified in paragraph (1); and #####
(B)during the term of the study. ###
(b)Report Required Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study under this section.
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