# 119-s-4871: Improving Personal Risk Assessments to Prevent Suicide Act

119-s-4871, Improving Personal Risk Assessments to Prevent Suicide Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-09).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4871
- As of: 2026-07-09
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4871
- Congress: 119
- Title: Improving Personal Risk Assessments to Prevent Suicide Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-23
- Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-09

## Summary

**Assess and integrate military sexual trauma and intimate partner violence as suicide risk factors.** This bill would require the VA and DoD to analyze those links, publish a public report and briefing to Congress, and update clinical suicide-risk guidelines. - Service members and veterans: Clinical guidance used to assess and manage suicide risk for active-duty members and veterans would explicitly include military sexual trauma and intimate partner violence. - VA and DoD clinicians and administrators: The departments would have to submit a joint report within 18 months and then incorporate the report's findings into the VA/DoD suicide-risk clinical practice guidelines within one year of publication. - Congress and the public: Four congressional committees would receive a briefing and the report would be posted on a publicly accessible website for public review. *Would not authorize new federal spending or create new benefits.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Suicide risk rules for service members, veterans: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with the Secretary of Defense, to publish a report. The report would be due within 18 months. The report would analyze how military sexual trauma (MST) and intimate partner violence (IPV) affect suicidal thoughts and suicide among service m…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-4871 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4871)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4871 (as of 2026-07-09).