# Emergent Suicide Care
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Interim final rule. · Published 2023-01-17 · Effective 2023-01-17 · 88 FR 2526
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-00298
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 2526
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2023-01-17
- **Effective date:** 2023-01-17
## Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its medical regulations to implement section 201 of the Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020, which directs VA to furnish, reimburse, and pay for emergent suicide care for certain individuals, to include the provision of emergency transportation necessary for such care.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/17/2023-00298/emergent-suicide-care)
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