This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual, evidence-based suicide prevention training to covered providers and to create a "preferred provider list" of providers who complete that training. The VA must make the list available to veterans. The Secretary may also include providers who completed substantially similar non-VA training that meets competency standards. Providers may ask to be removed from the list. The VA must review the list yearly.
The bill defines "covered provider" as certain health care providers named in federal law and entities or medical providers with Veterans Care Agreements. It also requires the VA to submit a report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees within 180 days of enactment and annually after that. The report must include counts of providers who completed VA and non-VA training, who are on the preferred list, any usage patterns, and recommendations aimed at increasing veterans' access to care.
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The bill creates a list of trained providers and requires reporting with the objective of increasing access to care for veterans. It aims to identify providers who complete suicide prevention training and make that information available to veterans.
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