SR 104-22: Veteran Suicide Prevention Resolution (Rejected)

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Veteran Suicide Prevention Resolution

A resolution to decrease the incidence of suicides among active services members and veterans and to provide for their mental welfare.

Section 1.

a. Whereas, a task force shall be established and align its efforts to collaborate with the members of the Domestic Policy Council to prevent suicide among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families to formulate recommendations relating to the development and implementation of suicide prevention best practices, using a public health approach, including the development of recommendations related to all of the following:

b. Identifying areas of need and screening veterans.

c. Promoting connections and improving care transitions among target veterans.

d. Educating providers and others regarding lethal means safety and safety planning

Sponsor: Spark

The gentleman from Florida is recognized.

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I don't like bills that only serve to re-enforce existing laws. Unless this resolution has anything meaningful to add (and for issues like this I would prefer meaningful legislation to empty virtue signaling), the resolution should be tabled or Spark should remove himself as sponsor and let it die.

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I would suggest turning this into a bill instead of a resolution. The only effective purpose of a resolution is either to change the Senate rules, amend the Constitution, or respond to international events. As a rule they should be rare, because unless a plan or funding is in place then they are worth nothing more than saying "We should do something about x."

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This also lacks a sponsor due to Spark no longer being in the Senate. I'm going to leave this and other sponsor-less bills up for one week. If nobody assumes sponsorship by this time next Friday, bills and resolutions will be withdrawn. But unless somebody wants to put teeth on this resolution, by converting it to comprehensive legislation, I see no reason to continue debating it.

EDIT: Disregard the above but we still need Spark to swear in and we need to decide how to make this resolution actually work for the people it's intended for.

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Is there a plan to make this resolution accomplish anything?

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I'm just going to open a vote in 24 hours unless anyone has any ideas or amendments.

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Hearing no objection, a final vote is now open. Senators, please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

Veteran Suicide Prevention Resolution

A resolution to decrease the incidence of suicides among active services members and veterans and to provide for their mental welfare.

Section 1.

a. Whereas, a task force shall be established and align its efforts to collaborate with the members of the Domestic Policy Council to prevent suicide among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families to formulate recommendations relating to the development and implementation of suicide prevention best practices, using a public health approach, including the development of recommendations related to all of the following:

b. Identifying areas of need and screening veterans.

c. Promoting connections and improving care transitions among target veterans.

d. Educating providers and others regarding lethal means safety and safety planning

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Nay. This resolution has no teeth and accomplishes nothing, and the sponsor did not have a plan to change that.

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The resolution does not have enough votes to pass. Senators have 24 hours to change their vote.

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Vote on Final Senate Passage of the Veteran Suicide Prevention Resolution:

Aye (2): KoopaDaQuick, Spark,
Nay ( 8 ): Scott, OBD, DeadPrez, AGA, Kuumo, Pericles, S019, discovolante
Abstain (5): Muad'dib, Western Democrat, North Carolina Yankee, Weatherboy, Joseph Cao

Didn't Vote (3): FalterinArc, Old School Republican, tack50

The bill has is rejected.