,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bg1 #bjag,mr4
 ,castro of ,texas 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,takano7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to ensure that calls to medical
 facilities of the ,department can be   
quickly redirected to the ,veterans     
,crisis ,line4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,veterans      
,crisis ,line ,improvement ,act4  #b4   
,facilitation of redirection of calls to
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs      
medical facilities to ,veterans ,crisis 
,line ,beginning not later than #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall ensure that1 upon placing
 a telephone call to the main telephone 
number of any ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs medical facility1 the first    
message a caller hears provides a       

mechanism by which the caller can choose
 to be quickly redirected to the        
,veterans ,crisis ,line without ending  
the telephone call4