,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,wittman 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,case7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to establish a patient outreach
 system relating to mental health care1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,be
 ,ready to ,assist ,veterans in         
,extremis ,act or the ,,brave ,act4  #b4
 ,establishment of ,department of       
,veterans ,affairs system for patient   
outreach relating to mental health care 
7a7 ,establishment of system ,chapter   
#ag of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by inserting after section  
#agbj;,j the following new section 7and 
conforming the table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter accordingly73 
#agbj,k4 ,mental health care3 patient   

outreach system ,the ,secretary of      
,veterans ,affairs shall establish a    
patient outreach system under which the 
,secretary shall ensure that veterans   
who are enrolled in the system of annual
 patient enrollment established and     
operated under section #agje of this    
title and have experienced a traumatic  
or other highly stressful event1 may    
elect to receive from the ,secretary    
information relating to mental health   
and resources relating to the mental    
health care services available to the   
veteran4  4  7b7 ,administration of     
system ,in administering the patient    
outreach system established under       
section #agbj,k of title #ch1 ,united   
,states ,code 7as added by subsection   
7a771 the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs shall seek to coordinate such  
system with the ,transition ,assistance 
,program of the ,department of ,defense4
  7c7 ,deadline for establishment ,the  
,secretary shall establish the patient  
outreach system under such section      

#agbj,k by not later than two years     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4