Reauthorization and improvement of Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of Department of Veterans Affairs

(a) Reorganization Subsection (b) of section Duration Section 201 of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1720F note) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and inserting the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services. (b) Grant money: amount; use Such section is further amended, in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking $750,000 per grantee per fiscal year and inserting $500,000 per fiscal year (not more than 5 percent of which may be spent on food and non-alcoholic beverages), plus $10,000 per eligible individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by such grantee. (c) Preference in distribution of grants Such section is further amended, in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall not give preference to an eligible entity solely because the eligible entity previously received, or applied for, a grant under this section. (d) Reapplication by a previous grantee Such section is further amended, in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Reapplication by previous grantee An application submitted by an eligible entity that previously received grant funds under this section shall include in such application evidence that the eligible entity used such grant funds to serve a significant number of veterans.. (e) Briefing for local VAMCs Such section is further amended, in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Briefing for local VAMCs Not less than once per calendar quarter, the Secretary shall provide, to the appropriate personnel of each medical center of the Department located not more than 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee, a briefing about the grant program under this section in order to improve coordination between a grantee and such personnel. The Secretary may permit a representative of a grantee to attend such a briefing.. (f) Duration Such section is further amended, in subsection (j), by striking the date that is three years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this section and inserting September 30, 2028. (g) 2026. (b) Emergent suicide care Such section is further amended, amended— (1) in subsection (n)— (1) (m)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); (B) by inserting (1) before When; and after paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) A grantee shall notify— (A) paragraph (3): (3) Emergent suicide care In the case of an eligible individual receiving who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by such grantee that such an eligible entity in receipt of a grant under this section, the eligible entity shall notify— (A) the eligible individual that the individual may receive be eligible for emergent suicide care under section 1720J of title 38, United States Code; and (B) the Secretary, if an eligible individual notified under subparagraph (A) elects to receive such emergent suicide care.; and (C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking (1) or (2) and inserting (1), (2), or (3); and (2) in subsection (n)— (A) by inserting (1) In general.— before When and adjusting the margins accordingly; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Time frame If the Secretary if does not provide services under paragraph (1) to an eligible individual during the 72-hour period following a referral under subsection (m), such eligible individual requests such shall be treated as eligible for emergent suicide care.. (h) care under section 1720J of title 38, United States Code.. (c) Reauthorization Such section is further amended, in subsection (p)— (1) by striking section a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 through 2025 2025. and inserting an em dash; section—; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (1) a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 through 2025, a total of $174,000,000; 2025; and (2) $52,500,000 for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, a total of $157,500,000.. (i) Clarification of year 2026.. (d) Requirements for eligible entities Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(3)— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting an entity that has continuously provided mental health care or support services in the United States during the two-year period before the date on which the entity applies for a grant under this section, section and that is after means; and (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking or foundation and inserting, foundation, or a health care provider after foundation. (j) provider; and (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking A and inserting a. (e) Technical correction to definitions Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(5), by striking Medical services and inserting The term emergency treatment means medical services. (k) (f) Required use of certain screening protocol selected by the Secretary (1) In general Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(11)(A)(ii), by striking screening inserting after risk the following:, which in the case of a grant made on or after the date of the enactment of the No Wrong Door for risk and inserting screening for risk, using a protocol selected by Veterans Act, shall be the Secretary. (2) Rules of construction In addition to Columbia Protocol (also known as the protocol selected pursuant to the amendment made by paragraph (1)— (A) the Secretary may furnish another protocol to a grantee; and (B) a grantee may use another protocol to screen for risk.Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale).