Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Service-Connected Suicide Compensation Act”.
Service-Connected Suicide Compensation Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to automatically pay dependency and indemnity compensation to a survivor of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide.
Sec. 2 Automatic dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of a veteran with a service-connected mental disorder who dies by suicide
Section 1310(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
by inserting “(1)” before “When”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) The Secretary shall pay dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse, children, and parents of a veteran who the Secretary determines—
“(A) has a mental disorder that is a service-connected disability; and
“(B) dies by suicide.”