Introduce legislation to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand veteran suicide prevention reporting to include chaplaincy and faith-based program data and to study the relationship between those services and veteran suicide risk.

Today, Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) introduced the Trauma Outreach, Understanding, and Resiliency through Spirituality (TOURS) Act. This bill would expand the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report to include data relating to engagement with the Chaplaincy and faith-based programs. The TOURS Act would require VA to conduct a two-year study on the relationship between the chaplain service and other faith-based programs and the risk of suicide among veterans.

Valadao introduced the TOURS Act to expand VA suicide-prevention reporting and require a study of chaplaincy and faith-based programs.

Congressman Valadao Leads Effort to Strengthen VA Veteran Suicide Prevention Reporting | U.S. Congressman David Valadao
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