VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2025

Key Provisions

• Requires the VA to create a pilot program called the "Zero Suicide Initiative" within 180 days of the bill becoming law.
• Implements a specific curriculum from the Zero Suicide Institute to improve suicide care for veterans.
• Carries out the program at five VA medical centers, including one that serves veterans in rural and remote areas.
• Selects the final five medical centers within 270 days of the bill becoming law.
• Provides at least ten weeks of suicide care education for staff leaders at each participating VA site.
• Ends the program five years after it starts, with an option for the VA Secretary to extend it for up to two additional years.