,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #aj1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,crow 7for himself and ,mr4   
,ellzey7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to improve the collection and analysis  
of data regarding certain suicides by   
veterans1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans' ,sentinel ,act4  #b4     
,suicides by veterans on property of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs3     
collection and analysis of data2 working
 group  7a7 ,annual reports ,section    
#agji;,b of title #ch1 ,united ,states  
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7b7-- 7,a7 by redesignating paragraph   
7#b7 as subparagraph 7#c72 and  7,b7 by 
inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the      
following new paragraph 7#b73  7#b7 ,the
 statistical trends and recommendations 
described in subsection 7b74  2  7#b7 by

 redesignating subsection 7b71 as       
amended1 as subsection 7c72 and  7#c7 by
 inserting after subsection 7a7 the     
following new subsection 7b73  7b7      
,on-,campus suicides ,on an annual      
basis1 the ,secretary shall-- 7#a7      
evaluate the statistical trends of      
suicides and attempted suicides by      
veterans that occur on the property of  
the ,department2 and  7#b7 determine    
recommendations for preventing such     
suicides and attempted suicides4  4  7b7
 ,working group  7#a7 ,establishment    
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
establish a working group to collect and
 analyze data regarding on-campus       
suicides and attempted on-campus        
suicides4  7#b7 ,methodology ,in        
collecting and analyzing the information
 under paragraph 7#a71 the working group
 shall-- 7,a7 review root cause analysis
 data available to the ,secretary       
regarding all on-campus suicides and    

attempted on-campus suicides2  7,b7 with
 respect to on-campus suicides-- 7i7    
analyze data available to the ,secretary
 under the ,behavioral ,health ,autopsy 
,program of the ,department1 including  
family interviews2 and  7ii7 document   
reasons for any deficiencies in the data
 collected2 and  7,c7 not less          
frequently than every #ij days1         
communicate with the medical centers and
 field offices of the ,department in    
order to coordinate the collection and  
review actions of the working group with
 such actions carried out by the medical
 centers and field offices4  7#c7 ,data 
collection improvements ,the working    
group shall consider1 and may implement 
for purposes described in paragraph     
7#a71 improvements to the processes by  
which the ,secretary collects data      
regarding on-campus suicides and        
attempted on-campus suicides in order to
 unify the disparate sources of such    
data1 including with respect to-- 7,a7  
modifying incident reports and other    

methods to collect data1 including both 
suicide and attempted suicide report    
fields2  7,b7 developing and ensuring   
that each source of data relating to    
on-campus suicides and attempted        
on-campus suicides includes a specified 
section for such on-campus incidents2   
and  7,c7 developing an associated      
management system to consolidate all    
relevant data for on-campus suicides and
 attempted on-campus suicides1 including
 such data from ,behavioral ,health     
,autopsy ,program assessments1 health   
records of the ,department1 root cause  
analyses1 incident reports1 and other   
sources of data4  7#d7 ,briefings ,not  
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 and annually
 thereafter during the period of        
operation under paragraph 7#f71 the     
,secretary shall provide to the         
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,house of ,representatives and      
,senate a briefing on the progress and  
findings of the working group           

established under such paragraph4  7#e7 
,report ,not later than #cj days after  
the end of the period of operation under
 paragraph 7#f71 the ,secretary shall   
submit to the ,committees on ,veterans' 
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,senate a      
report detailing--  7,a7 the            
effectiveness of the working group      
established under such paragraph2 and   
7,b7 any recommendations to enhance the 
data collection and management by the   
,secretary with respect to on-campus    
suicides and attempted on-campus        
suicides1 including improvements        
identified under paragraph 7#c74  7#f7  
,duration ,the working group shall      
operate for a period determined by the  
,secretary that is not less than two    
years and not longer than five years4   
7#g7 ,on-campus suicide defined ,in this
 subsection1 the term on-campus suicide 
means a suicide described in section    
#agji;,b7b7 of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 as amended by subsection 

7a74