,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #diib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #h1        
#bjai,ms4 ,gabbard introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to carry out a pilot program on
 suicide prevention in the military     
health care system4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,recovery
 ,engagement ,and ,coordination for     
,health-,military ,innovations for ,life
 ,act or the ,,reach ,,mil ,act4  #b4   
,pilot program on suicide prevention in 
military health care system  7a7 ,pilot 
program ,the ,secretary of ,defense1 in 
collaboration with the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs1 shall carry out a   
pilot program on suicide prevention in  
the military health care system4 ,such  
program shall be similar to the ,,reach 
,,vet predictive analysis pilot program 
carried out by the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs4  7b7 ,predictive    

analytics process  7#a7 ,pre-emptive    
care ,in carrying out the pilot program1
 the ,secretary of ,defense shall       
analyze existing data from health       
records of members of the ,armed ,force 
serving on active duty to identify the  
members who are at a statistically      
elevated risk for suicide1              
hospitalization1 illness1 or other      
adverse outcomes1 in order to provide   
pre-emptive care and support for such   
members before such members have or     
express suicidal thoughts to clinicians4
  7#b7 ,process ,the ,secretary shall   
ensure that the predictive analytics    
process developed pursuant to paragraph 
7#a7--  7,a7 identifies members of the  
,armed ,forces serving on active duty   
who are at high statistical risk for    
suicide2  7,b7 flags the records of the 
members2 and  7,c7 requires health care 
providers of the military health care   
system to contact such members to       
initiate a care plan4  7c7 ,information 
sharing ,the ,secretary of ,defense     

shall provide information under the     
pilot program under subsection 7a7 with 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to 
ensure that a member of the ,armed      
,forces serving on active duty who      
transitions from the military health    
care system to the health care system of
 the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs  
is able to schedule appropriate         
follow-up mental health care            
appointments with the ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs4