Missouri 2024 2024 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB1495 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 05/08/2024

                    HB1495--MISSOURIVETERANSCOMMISSION
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.