The Veterans' Sentinel Act directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve how it collects and analyzes data about veteran suicides that occur on VA property. The bill requires the VA Secretary to establish a working group within 90 days to gather information from existing sources—including medical records, autopsy programs, and incident reports—and consolidate them into a unified system to identify patterns and root causes. The working group must provide annual briefings to Congress on its findings and recommendations, and must operate for at least two years but no longer than five years. After the working group concludes, the Secretary must submit a final report detailing what was learned and suggesting improvements to the VA's data collection processes. The bill aims to help the VA better understand and prevent veteran suicides occurring at its facilities by creating a more coordinated and comprehensive approach to tracking and analyzing this data.
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