,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bc1
 #bjba,mr4 ,tillis introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to furnish readjustment counseling and  
related mental health services to family
 members of members of the ,armed       
,forces or veterans who died by suicide1
 and other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,expanding the ,families of ,veterans   
,access to ,mental ,health ,services    
,act4  #b4 ,eligibility for mental      
health services for family members of   
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
veterans who died by suicide ,section   
#agab;,a7a77#a7 of title #ch1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,a77ii7-- 7,a7 in         
subclause 7,i71 by striking and2  7,b7  
in subclause 7,,ii71 by striking the    

period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following new subclause3  7,,iii7 in the
 case of a veteran or member who died by
 suicide1 to the degree that counseling 
furnished to such individual is found to
 aid in coping with the effects of such 
suicide4  2  7#b7 in subparagraph       
7,b77i77,,ii7-- 7,a7 in item 7aa71 by   
striking or2  7,b7 in item 7bb71 by     
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by adding at  
the end the following new item3  7cc7   
coping with the effects of a suicide    
described in subclause 7,,iii7 of such  
clause4  2 and  7#c7 in subparagraph    
7,c77vii7-- 7,a7 in subclause 7,i71 by  
striking or at the end2  7,b7 in        
subclause 7,,ii71 by striking the period
 at the end and inserting 2 or2 and     
7,c7 by adding at the end the following 
new subclause3  7,,iii7 veteran or      
member of the ,armed ,forces who died by
 suicide4  4  #c4 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by section #b shall     

apply with respect to family members of 
a member of the ,armed ,forces or       
veteran who died by suicide before1 on1 
or after the date of the enactment of   
this ,act4