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Senate advances bill to create suicide mortality review team focused on veterans and statewide data
Summary
Lawmakers unanimously advanced a bill to create a Suicide Mortality Review Team housed at the Department of Veterans Affairs, designed to collect and analyze suicide data and recommend prevention measures; the committee amendment clarifies director/designee language and mandates a veterans representative.
Senator Tom Dungan’s bill to establish a Suicide Mortality Review Team advanced unanimously from the floor April 3 after the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee’s amendment was adopted. The measure would create a multidisciplinary review body to collect data on suicides, develop investigation protocols and recommend statutory, training and service changes aimed at preventing future deaths.
Why it matters: Nebraska has emphasized veteran suicide reduction under a recent Governor’s Challenge. The review team is intended to create a formalized, multiagency process to gather…
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