HR5040-119

Introduced

To direct each Secretary of a military department to conduct a review and update of any online information relating to suicide prevention or behavioral health.

119th Congress Introduced Aug 26, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does: The Accurate Mental Health Resources for Our Servicemembers Act requires each military department (Army, Navy, Air Force) to review and update all suicide prevention and behavioral health information on their installation-level websites by August 1, 2027. Each Secretary must then certify to congressional defense committees that the information is accurate.

Who Benefits: Active-duty servicemembers gain access to current and accurate mental health contact information and resources. Military families benefit from reliable information. Servicemembers at risk of suicide benefit from up-to-date crisis resources that could save lives.

Who Bears the Burden: The Secretaries of each military department bear the administrative burden of reviewing all installation-level websites and certifying accuracy. Installation IT and communications staff must perform the actual updates.

Key Provisions: (1) Review all installation-level online suicide prevention and behavioral health information. (2) Update information including contact details for resources. (3) Certify accuracy to congressional defense committees. (4) Deadline: August 1, 2027.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Directs each Secretary of a military department to review and update all online information relating to suicide prevention and behavioral health on installation-level websites by August 1, 2027, and certify accuracy to congressional defense committees.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

Directs each Secretary of a military department to review and update all online information relating to suicide prevention and behavioral health on installation-level websites by August 1, 2027, and certify accuracy to congressional defense committees.

Policy Domains

Defense Healthcare

Whole Bill — Military Mental Health Information Accuracy

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Active-duty servicemembers seeking mental health resources
  • Military families needing accurate contact information
  • Veterans and servicemembers at risk of suicide
Model: claude-opus-4 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Secretaries of military departments (must review, update, and certify)
  • Military installation IT and communications staff
Model: claude-opus-4 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Aug 26, 2025

Mrs. Hayes introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Defense
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Active-duty servicemembers

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Military departments

2/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of each military department (Army, Navy, Air Force)

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"congressional defense committees" §2(b)

As defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.

"military department" §2(b)_military

As defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.

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