VA must train staff on suicide prevention.
H.R. 10409 — Lethal Means Safety Training Act · Filed by Lauren Underwood (D-IL) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The VA must update its suicide training within 180 days. All VA workers, care providers, and family members must take the training within 90 days of hire. They must take it again each year. The VA must publish yearly reports on who finished the training.
Who it affects
Veterans and their families are affected. VA workers, care providers, and family members must complete the training.
One thing to notice
The training rule covers VA workers and also care providers and family members outside the VA.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- care providers — Doctors and health workers who treat veterans outside the VA.
- family members — People related to veterans who help care for them.
- suicide training — Classes that teach how to help stop people from taking their own lives.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,719 characters) on Sep 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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