Committee heard from representatives of veterans organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [no audio] [silence] [no audio] good afternoon, everyone. [audio difficulty] millions of veterans every day. This committee is gathered to hear from those organizations about their firsthand perspective and their support for comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This piece of legislation has been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those veteran Service Organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts they have in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its passage and its ability to be sent to the president. Additionally tomorrow, september the 10th, is worldwide Suicide Prevention day, and this is our opportunity to call attention to the tragedy of suicide and urge for sw
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You can see a friend to the south of us in a disturbance coming up in another one coming from the north and will emerge over the midwest. That brings class to the area. On our predictor there could be a few showers by morning. Should have breaks for dry weather during the day and some additional showers tomorrow evening. With High School Football there is a chance that some of those games could see some wet weather. Lisa temperatures will be miles around 73. We will have the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. University of iowa students now have the option to step up to the challenge of being a police officer. Every year the police hires students to work along them to keep the campus safe. This year they are expanding his duties. Dora miller joins us with the plan to this school year. If a parttime gig with full time responsibilities. Enforcement. A Police Officers job is rarely ever finished so at the university of iowa officers have started recruiting a helping hand. It is a chan
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From my discussions with Mental Health professionals over the years and research that has formed this legislation, it is clear that failure to address these challenges at a young age can harm performance at school and work and can lead to ever worsening mental and Behavioral Health outcomes later in life for individuals and for our country. Anxiety and reading disorders cooccur in approximately 25 of students, and for individuals whose reading challenges persist in adulthood, theres greater likelihood of depression, low selfesteem, and difficulty in social functioning. To break this cycle, the bill i authored would provide help for staff. Individuals and families with brothersponsored Health Insurance must also have robust access to treatment outside of school. Some insurers, unfortunately, have placed arbitrary coverage limits on mental and Behavioral Health care making it hard for patients to access treatment in the same way they would for physical ailments. This legislation makes st