Improving Personal Risk Assessments to Prevent Suicide Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4871 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4871

   To require a report and briefing on the impact of military sexual
 trauma and intimate partner violence on suicidal ideation and suicide
             for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2026

  Ms. Smith (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans'
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL

   To require a report and briefing on the impact of military sexual
 trauma and intimate partner violence on suicidal ideation and suicide
             for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Personal Risk Assessments
to Prevent Suicide Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON IMPACT OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA AND
              INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON SUICIDAL IDEATION AND
              SUICIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives and publish on a publicly available website a report,
and provide to such committees a briefing, on how experiencing military
sexual trauma or intimate partner violence affects the risk of suicidal
ideation and suicide for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
    (b) Incorporation Into Clinical Practice Guidelines.--Not later
than one year after the publication of the report required by
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall incorporate findings on military sexual trauma and
intimate partner violence, including the results of the report, as risk
factors for suicide and suicidal ideation into the Department of
Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines for
Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide, or similar
successor guidelines.
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