S.Amdt. 2860

SA 2860. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 729. REPORT ON SUCCESSFUL SUICIDE PREVENTION PRACTICES
AND INITIATIVES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report on successful suicide
prevention practices and initiatives of the Department of
Defense.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A complete list of all current and planned mental
health and suicide prevention programs available to members
of the Armed Forces, whether provided by the Department or
through community partnerships.
(2) For each program listed under paragraph (1), the annual
funding and number of members of the Armed Forces served.
(3) The number of members of the Armed Forces receiving
treatment in each such program who ultimately commit suicide.
(4) The metrics used by the Department to track the
efficacy of mental health programs of the Department,
including an assessment of how those metrics are tracked
longitudinally.
(5) Recommendations for how the Department of Defense can
work more cooperatively with the Department of Veterans
Affairs and mental health organizations in the private sector
to serve the unique needs of members of the reserve
components of the Armed Forces.
(6) Recommendations for additional metrics for the
Department of Defense to use to better measure the efficacy
of each mental health program of the Department.
(7) Recommendations for how the Department may better
partner with local communities to ensure access to mental
health and suicide prevention programs in rural areas.
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