H.R. 6273 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year program at five of its medical centers to improve safety and suicide care for veterans. The bill would direct VA to select the sites after nine months of evaluation and to use the curriculum from the Zero Suicide Institute of the Education Development Center (the Institute). The bill would authorize VA to extend the program for another two years; CBO anticipates the department would do so.
