POLICE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

SEC. 205. POLICE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.(a) Training.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide to Department police officers an annual training on the prevention of suicide among the population served by the Department police officers.(b) Curriculum.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall update any similar training provided before the date of the enactment of this Act to ensure that the curriculum for the training addresses, at a minimum, the following:(1) Effective behavioral science procedures for suicide prevention and risk mitigation.(2) Crisis intervention and de-escalation skills, including through the use of interactive training.(3) Information about mental health and substance abuse disorders.(4) Information about local law enforcement crisis intervention teams and other resources for veterans experiencing mental health crises available by the Department of Veterans Affairs, other elements of the Federal Government, and the community in which the police officers serve.(c) Consultation.—The Secretary shall ensure that the annual training provided to Department police officers at a medical facility of the Department under subsection (a) is provided in consultation with law enforcement training accreditation organizations and the mental health experts at such facility.(d) Plan on Community Partnerships.—The Secretary shall ensure that each police force of a facility of the Department develops a plan to enter into partnerships with—(1) local community mental health organizations and experts, local community veterans organizations, and local community criminal justice organizations and experts; and134 STAT. 1039(2) local police departments, including by facilitating the sharing of training resources with crisis intervention teams of the local police departments.(e) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the annual training under subsection (a), including—(1) a description of the curriculum of such training;(2) with respect to the year preceding the date of the report—(A) the number of facilities of the Department that conducted such training;(B) the number of Department police officers who received such training; and(C) any barriers to ensuring that each Department police officer receives such training;(3) any recommendations to address the barriers identified under paragraph (2)(C); and(4) the number of facilities of the Department that have entered into partnerships pursuant to subsection (d).(f) Department Police Officer Defined.—In this section, the term “Department police officer” means an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs specified in section 902(a) of title 38, United States Code.