Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition From Uniformed Service to Civilian Life
Headline: Requires Joint Plan to Improve Veterans' Mental Health After Service
What it does: Agencies must deliver a Joint Action Plan (60 days) and a status report (180 days) to ensure mental-health and suicide-prevention access during veterans' first post-service year.
- Expands access to mental health treatment and suicide-prevention services during veterans' first year.
- Requires military, veterans, and homeland agencies to coordinate veteran transition services.
- May produce legislative or regulatory suggestions to improve veterans' care and benefits.
Summary
This order directs the Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security departments to work together to make sure veterans have continuous access to mental health care and suicide-prevention resources, especially during the first year after leaving service. They must deliver a Joint Action Plan within 60 days and a status report within 180 days on how proposed reforms are working.
It affects service members leaving the military, veterans, and the agencies that support them. The goal is to reduce the higher suicide risk in the first post-service year and improve care during the transition.
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