S. 3304 · 114th Congress
No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Thune
- Introduced
- 2016-09-08
- Latest action
- 2016-09-08 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop:
a quality assurance document for carrying out the toll-free Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), including at backup call centers; and a plan to ensure that each telephone call, text message, and other communication received by the VCL, including at backup call centers, is answered in a timely manner by a person, consistent with the guidance established by the American Association of Suicidology.