HB1495--MISSOURIVETERANSCOMMISSION(Griffith)
COMMITTEEOFORIGIN:StandingCommitteeonVeterans
Asspecifiedinthisbill,theMissouriVeteransCommissionmust
reviewtheprovisionsoftheCommanderJohnScottHannonVeterans
MentalHealthCareImprovementActof2019,andanyregulations
relatedthereto. Afterreview,theCommission,incollaboration
withtheDepartmentofMentalHealth,mustproviderecommendations
andmakeeffortstoadoptprocedures,programs,treatmentoptions,
additionalaid,andanyotherassistancedeemednecessarybythe
Commissiontoassistintheeffortstopreventveteransuicide,
subjecttoappropriation. OnorbeforeJuly1,2025,andbyevery
July1stthereaftertheCommissionmustfileareportwiththe
DepartmentofPublicSafetyandtheGeneralAssemblyonthe
recommendations, implementation, andeffectivenessoftheefforts
bytheCommissiontopreventveteransuicide.
ThisbillissimilartoHB132(2023)andHB2455(2022)