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Mental Health Support for Native American and Alaska Native Veterans

This act aims to improve access to mental health care and suicide prevention for minority veterans, especially American Indian and Alaska Native veterans. It mandates the employment of minority veteran coordinators in medical facilities and provides them with specialized training. This should make it easier for veterans to receive culturally appropriate assistance.
Key points
Each Department of Veterans Affairs medical center will have at least one full-time minority veteran coordinator.
Coordinators will receive training in culturally appropriate mental health and suicide prevention services for American Indian and Alaska Native veterans.
Medical centers will develop outreach plans for mental health and suicide prevention to tribes and urban Indian health organizations.
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Additional Information
American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act
Print number: HR 912
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Process start date: 2021-02-08