| 10 | | - | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 |
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| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 13 | | - | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Daniel J. Harvey, Jr. 2 |
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| 14 | | - | and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember Transition 3 |
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| 15 | | - | to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act’’. 4 |
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| 16 | | - | SEC. 2. ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE 5 |
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| 17 | | - | TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE 6 |
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| 18 | | - | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE SOLID 7 |
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| 19 | | - | START PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 8 |
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| 20 | | - | VETERANS AFFAIRS. 9 |
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| 21 | | - | (a) T |
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| 22 | | - | RANSITIONASSISTANCEPROGRAM OF THE DE-10 |
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| 23 | | - | PARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 1142(b) of title 10, 11 |
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| 24 | | - | United States Code, is amended— 12 |
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| 25 | | - | (1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘(11),’’ be-13 |
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| 26 | | - | fore ‘‘and (16)’’; and 14 |
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| 27 | | - | (2) by striking paragraph (11) and inserting 15 |
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| 28 | | - | the following: 16 |
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| 29 | | - | ‘‘(11) Information concerning mental health, in-17 |
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| 30 | | - | cluding— 18 |
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| 31 | | - | ‘‘(A) the availability of mental health serv-19 |
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| 32 | | - | ices furnished by the Secretary concerned, the 20 |
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| 33 | | - | Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans 21 |
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| 34 | | - | Affairs, or a non-profit entity; 22 |
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| 35 | | - | ‘‘(B) the treatment of post-traumatic 23 |
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| 36 | | - | stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, anxiety 24 |
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| 37 | | - | disorders, depression, chronic pain, sleep dis-25 |
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| 38 | | - | orders, suicidal ideation, or other mental health 26 3 |
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| 41 | | - | forces; 2 |
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| 42 | | - | ‘‘(C) the risk of suicide, including signs, 3 |
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| 43 | | - | symptoms, and risk factors (including adverse 4 |
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| 44 | | - | childhood experiences, depression, bipolar dis-5 |
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| 45 | | - | order, homelessness, unemployment, and rela-6 |
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| 46 | | - | tionship strain); 7 |
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| 47 | | - | ‘‘(D) the availability of treatment options 8 |
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| 48 | | - | and resources to address substance abuse, in-9 |
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| 49 | | - | cluding alcohol, prescription drug, and opioid 10 |
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| 50 | | - | abuse; 11 |
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| 51 | | - | ‘‘(E) the potential effects of the loss of 12 |
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| 52 | | - | community and support systems experienced by 13 |
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| 53 | | - | a member separating from the armed forces; 14 |
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| 54 | | - | ‘‘(F) isolation from family, friends, or soci-15 |
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| 55 | | - | ety; and 16 |
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| 56 | | - | ‘‘(G) the potential stressors associated with 17 |
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| 57 | | - | separation from the armed forces.’’. 18 |
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| 58 | | - | (b) S |
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| 59 | | - | OLIDSTARTPROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT 19 |
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| 60 | | - | OFVETERANSAFFAIRS.—Section 6320(b)(1) of title 38, 20 |
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| 61 | | - | United States Code, is amended— 21 |
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| 62 | | - | (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and 22 |
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| 63 | | - | (H) as subparagraphs (I) and (J), respectively; and 23 |
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| 64 | | - | (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-24 |
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| 65 | | - | lowing new subparagraphs: 25 4 |
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| 67 | | - | ‘‘(G) assisting eligible veterans who elect to en-1 |
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| 68 | | - | roll in the system of patient enrollment under sec-2 |
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| 69 | | - | tion 1705(a) of this title; 3 |
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| 70 | | - | ‘‘(H) educating veterans about mental health 4 |
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| 71 | | - | and counseling services available through the Vet-5 |
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| 72 | | - | erans Health Administration;’’. 6 |
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| 73 | | - | (c) R |
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| 74 | | - | EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 7 |
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| 75 | | - | of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 8 |
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| 76 | | - | the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to 9 |
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| 77 | | - | the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 10 |
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| 78 | | - | information and materials developed pursuant to the 11 |
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| 79 | | - | amendments made by this Act. 12 |
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| 80 | | - | (d) A |
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| 81 | | - | PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 13 |
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| 83 | | - | EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-14 |
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| 84 | | - | gressional committees’’ means— 15 |
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| 85 | | - | (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 16 |
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| 86 | | - | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 17 |
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| 87 | | - | (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 18 |
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| 88 | | - | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 19 |
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| 89 | | - | Representatives. 20 |
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| 90 | | - | Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 2024. |
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| 100 | | - | H. R. 3722 |
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| 101 | | - | AN ACT |
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| 102 | | - | To require a pilot program on activities under the |
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| 103 | | - | pre-separation transition process of members of |
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| 104 | | - | the Armed Forces for a reduction in suicide |
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| 105 | | - | among veterans, and for other purposes. |
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| 25 | + | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | + | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | + | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Daniel J. Harvey, Jr. 4 |
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| 28 | + | and Adam Lambert Improving Servicemember Transition 5 |
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| 29 | + | to Reduce Veteran Suicide Act’’. 6 |
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| 33 | + | SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE PRE- 1 |
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| 34 | + | SEPARATION TRANSITION PROCESS OF MEM-2 |
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| 35 | + | BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR A REDUC-3 |
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| 36 | + | TION IN SUICIDE AMONG VETERANS. 4 |
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| 37 | + | (a) P |
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| 38 | + | ILOTPROGRAMREQUIRED.—The Secretary of 5 |
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| 39 | + | Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly 6 |
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| 40 | + | carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and ad-7 |
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| 41 | + | visability of providing the module described in subsection 8 |
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| 42 | + | (b) and services under subsection (c) as part of the pre- 9 |
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| 43 | + | separation transition process for members of the Armed 10 |
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| 44 | + | Forces as a means of reducing the incidence of suicide 11 |
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| 45 | + | among veterans. 12 |
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| 46 | + | (b) M |
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| 47 | + | ODULE.— 13 |
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| 48 | + | (1) I |
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| 49 | + | N GENERAL.—The module described in this 14 |
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| 50 | + | subsection shall include the following: 15 |
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| 51 | + | (A) An in-person meeting between a cohort 16 |
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| 52 | + | of members of the Armed Forces participating 17 |
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| 53 | + | in the pilot program and a social worker or 18 |
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| 54 | + | nurse in which the social worker or nurse— 19 |
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| 55 | + | (i) educates the cohort on resources 20 |
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| 56 | + | for and specific potential risks confronting 21 |
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| 57 | + | such members after discharge or release 22 |
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| 58 | + | from the Armed Forces, including— 23 |
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| 59 | + | (I) loss of community or a sup-24 |
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| 60 | + | port system; 25 |
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| 64 | + | (II) isolation from family, 1 |
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| 65 | + | friends, or society; 2 |
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| 66 | + | (III) identity crisis in the transi-3 |
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| 67 | + | tion from military to civilian life; 4 |
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| 68 | + | (IV) vulnerability viewed as a 5 |
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| 69 | + | weakness; 6 |
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| 70 | + | (V) need for empathy; 7 |
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| 71 | + | (VI) self-medication and addic-8 |
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| 72 | + | tion; 9 |
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| 73 | + | (VII) importance of sleep and ex-10 |
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| 74 | + | ercise; 11 |
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| 75 | + | (VIII) homelessness; and 12 |
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| 76 | + | (IX) risk factors contributing to 13 |
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| 77 | + | attempts of suicide and deaths by sui-14 |
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| 78 | + | cide; 15 |
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| 79 | + | (ii) educates the cohort on— 16 |
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| 80 | + | (I) the signs and symptoms of 17 |
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| 81 | + | suicide risk and physical, psycho-18 |
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| 82 | + | logical, or neurological issues, such as 19 |
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| 83 | + | post-traumatic stress disorder, trau-20 |
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| 84 | + | matic brain injury, chronic pain, sleep 21 |
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| 85 | + | disorders, substance use disorders, ad-22 |
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| 86 | + | verse childhood experiences, depres-23 |
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| 87 | + | sion, bipolar disorder, and socio-eco-24 |
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| 88 | + | logical concerns, such as homeless-25 |
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| 92 | + | ness, unemployment, and relationship 1 |
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| 93 | + | strain; 2 |
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| 94 | + | (II) the potential risks for mem-3 |
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| 95 | + | bers of the Armed Forces from such 4 |
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| 96 | + | issues after discharge or release from 5 |
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| 97 | + | the Armed Forces; and 6 |
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| 98 | + | (III) the resources and treatment 7 |
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| 99 | + | options available to such members for 8 |
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| 100 | + | such issues through the Department 9 |
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| 101 | + | of Veterans Affairs, the Department 10 |
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| 102 | + | of Defense, and non-profit organiza-11 |
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| 103 | + | tions; 12 |
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| 104 | + | (iii) educates the cohort about the re-13 |
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| 105 | + | sources available to victims of military sex-14 |
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| 106 | + | ual trauma through the Department of 15 |
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| 107 | + | Veterans Affairs; and 16 |
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| 108 | + | (iv) educates the cohort about the 17 |
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| 109 | + | manner in which members might experi-18 |
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| 110 | + | ence challenges during the transition from 19 |
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| 111 | + | military to civilian life, and the resources 20 |
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| 112 | + | available to them through the Department 21 |
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| 113 | + | of Veterans Affairs, the Department of De-22 |
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| 114 | + | fense, and other organizations. 23 |
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| 115 | + | (B) The provision to each member of the 24 |
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| 116 | + | cohort of contact information for a counseling 25 |
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| 121 | + | of Veterans Affairs in the locality in which such 2 |
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| 122 | + | member intends to reside after discharge or re-3 |
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| 123 | + | lease. 4 |
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| 124 | + | (C) The submittal by each member of the 5 |
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| 125 | + | cohort to the Department of Veterans Affairs 6 |
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| 126 | + | (including both the Veterans Health Adminis-7 |
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| 127 | + | tration and the Veterans Benefits Administra-8 |
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| 128 | + | tion) of their medical records in connection with 9 |
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| 129 | + | service in the Armed Forces, whether or not 10 |
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| 130 | + | such members intend to file a claim with the 11 |
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| 131 | + | Department for benefits with respect to any 12 |
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| 132 | + | service-connected disability. 13 |
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| 133 | + | (2) C |
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| 134 | + | OMPOSITION OF COHORT .—Each cohort 14 |
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| 135 | + | participating in the module described in this sub-15 |
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| 136 | + | section shall be comprised of not fewer than 50 indi-16 |
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| 137 | + | viduals. 17 |
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| 138 | + | (c) S |
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| 139 | + | ERVICES.—In carrying out the pilot program, 18 |
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| 140 | + | the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 19 |
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| 141 | + | Affairs shall provide to each individual participating in the 20 |
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| 142 | + | pilot program the following services: 21 |
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| 143 | + | (1) During the transition process and prior to 22 |
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| 144 | + | discharge or release from the Armed Forces, a one- 23 |
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| 145 | + | on-one meeting with a social worker or nurse of the 24 |
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| 146 | + | Department of Veterans Affairs who will— 25 |
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| 151 | + | vidual regarding eligibility to receive health care 2 |
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| 152 | + | or counseling services from the Department of 3 |
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| 153 | + | Veterans Affairs; and 4 |
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| 154 | + | (B) for those eligible, or likely to be eligi-5 |
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| 155 | + | ble, to receive health care or counseling services 6 |
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| 156 | + | from the Department of Veterans Affairs— 7 |
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| 157 | + | (i) identify and provide contact infor-8 |
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| 158 | + | mation for an appropriate facility of the 9 |
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| 159 | + | Department of Veterans Affairs in the lo-10 |
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| 160 | + | cality in which such individual intends to 11 |
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| 161 | + | reside after discharge or release; 12 |
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| 162 | + | (ii) facilitate registration or enroll-13 |
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| 163 | + | ment in the system of patient enrollment 14 |
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| 164 | + | of the Department of Veterans Affairs 15 |
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| 165 | + | under section 1705(a) of title 38, United 16 |
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| 166 | + | States Code, if applicable; 17 |
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| 167 | + | (iii) educate the individual about care, 18 |
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| 168 | + | benefits, and services available to the indi-19 |
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| 169 | + | vidual through the Veterans Health Ad-20 |
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| 170 | + | ministration; and 21 |
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| 171 | + | (iv) coordinate health care based on 22 |
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| 172 | + | the health care needs of the individual, if 23 |
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| 173 | + | applicable, to include establishing an initial 24 |
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| 174 | + | appointment, at the election of the indi-25 |
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| 178 | + | vidual, to occur not later than 90 days 1 |
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| 179 | + | after the date of discharge or release of the 2 |
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| 180 | + | member from the Armed Forces. 3 |
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| 181 | + | (2) For each individual determined ineligible for 4 |
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| 182 | + | care and services from the Department of Veterans 5 |
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| 183 | + | Affairs during the transition process, the Secretary 6 |
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| 184 | + | of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the indi-7 |
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| 185 | + | vidual to determine the needs of the individual and 8 |
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| 186 | + | appropriate follow-up, which shall be identified and 9 |
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| 187 | + | documented in the appropriate records of the De-10 |
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| 188 | + | partment of Defense. 11 |
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| 189 | + | (3) During the appointment scheduled pursuant 12 |
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| 190 | + | to paragraph (1)(B)(iv), the Secretary of Veterans 13 |
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| 191 | + | Affairs shall conduct an assessment of the individual 14 |
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| 192 | + | to determine the needs of the individual and appro-15 |
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| 193 | + | priate follow-up, which shall be identified and docu-16 |
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| 194 | + | mented in the appropriate records of the Depart-17 |
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| 195 | + | ment of Veterans Affairs. 18 |
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| 196 | + | (d) L |
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| 197 | + | OCATIONS.— 19 |
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| 198 | + | (1) M |
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| 199 | + | ODULE AND MEETING .—The module 20 |
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| 200 | + | under subsection (b) and the one-on-one meeting 21 |
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| 201 | + | under subsection (c)(1) shall be carried out at not 22 |
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| 202 | + | fewer than 10 locations of the Department of De-23 |
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| 203 | + | fense that serve not fewer than 300 members of the 24 |
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| 204 | + | Armed Forces annually that are jointly selected by 25 |
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| 209 | + | erans Affairs for purposes of the pilot program. 2 |
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| 210 | + | (2) A |
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| 211 | + | SSESSMENT AND APPOINTMENT .—The as-3 |
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| 212 | + | sessment under subsection (c)(2) and the appoint-4 |
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| 213 | + | ment under subsection (c)(3) may occur at any loca-5 |
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| 214 | + | tion determined appropriate by the Secretary of De-6 |
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| 215 | + | fense or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as the 7 |
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| 216 | + | case may be. 8 |
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| 217 | + | (3) M |
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| 218 | + | EMBERS SERVED.—The locations selected 9 |
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| 219 | + | under paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, 10 |
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| 220 | + | be locations that, whether individually or in aggre-11 |
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| 221 | + | gate, serve all the Armed Forces and both the reg-12 |
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| 222 | + | ular and reserve components of the Armed Forces. 13 |
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| 223 | + | (e) S |
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| 224 | + | ELECTION AND COMMENCEMENT .—The Sec-14 |
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| 225 | + | retary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 15 |
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| 226 | + | shall jointly select the locations of the pilot program under 16 |
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| 227 | + | subsection (d)(1) and commence carrying out activities 17 |
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| 228 | + | under the pilot program by not later than September 30, 18 |
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| 229 | + | 2024. 19 |
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| 230 | + | (f) D |
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| 231 | + | URATION.—The duration of the pilot program 20 |
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| 232 | + | shall be five years. 21 |
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| 233 | + | (g) R |
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| 234 | + | EPORTS.— 22 |
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| 235 | + | (1) I |
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| 236 | + | N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 23 |
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| 237 | + | after the commencement of the pilot program, and 24 |
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| 238 | + | annually thereafter during the duration of the pilot 25 |
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| 243 | + | of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the appro-2 |
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| 244 | + | priate committees of Congress a report on the activi-3 |
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| 245 | + | ties under the pilot program. 4 |
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| 246 | + | (2) E |
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| 247 | + | LEMENTS.—Each report required by para-5 |
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| 248 | + | graph (1) shall include the following: 6 |
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| 249 | + | (A) The demographic information of the 7 |
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| 250 | + | members and former members of the Armed 8 |
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| 251 | + | Forces who participated in the pilot program 9 |
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| 252 | + | during the one-year period ending on the date 10 |
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| 253 | + | of such report. 11 |
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| 254 | + | (B) A description of the activities under 12 |
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| 255 | + | the pilot program during such period. 13 |
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| 256 | + | (C) An assessment of the benefits of the 14 |
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| 257 | + | activities under the pilot program during such 15 |
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| 258 | + | period to members and former members of the 16 |
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| 259 | + | Armed Forces. 17 |
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| 260 | + | (D) An assessment of whether the activi-18 |
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| 261 | + | ties under the pilot program as of the date of 19 |
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| 262 | + | such report have met the targeted outcomes of 20 |
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| 263 | + | the pilot program among members and former 21 |
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| 264 | + | members who participated in the pilot program 22 |
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| 265 | + | within one year of discharge or release from the 23 |
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| 266 | + | Armed Forces. 24 |
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| 271 | + | retary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 2 |
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| 272 | + | Affairs jointly consider appropriate regarding 3 |
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| 273 | + | the feasibility and advisability of expansion of 4 |
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| 274 | + | the pilot program, extension of the pilot pro-5 |
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| 275 | + | gram, or both. 6 |
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| 276 | + | (h) A |
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| 277 | + | PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-7 |
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| 278 | + | FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-8 |
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| 279 | + | tees of Congress’’ means— 9 |
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| 280 | + | (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 10 |
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| 281 | + | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 11 |
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| 282 | + | (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 12 |
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| 283 | + | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 13 |
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| 284 | + | Representatives. 14 |
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