VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a Zero Suicide demonstration project at selected medical centers using a specific training model and reporting structure.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans receiving care at participating facilities could benefit from more systematic suicide-prevention practices and staff training.
Who Bears the Burden and How
VA facilities and administrators would have to implement the model, train staff, and produce interim and final reporting.
Key Provisions
- Creates a Zero Suicide demonstration project at five VA medical centers.
- Requires training, site selection criteria, reporting, and a five-year term with possible extension.
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
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a Zero Suicide demonstration project at selected medical centers using a specific training model and reporting structure.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans Affairs, Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a Zero Suicide demonstration project at selected medical centers using a specific training model and reporting structure.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Veterans receiving care at participating medical centers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Veterans Affairs officials and facilities implementing the demonstration project
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Rosen (for herself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Veterans at participating VA medical centers who may benefit from stronger suicide-prevention systems
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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