Bill Text: MI HR0090 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Enrolled

Michigan House Resolution 90 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A resolution to declare May 2021 as Veteran Suicide Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-04-29 - Adopted [HR0090 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HR0090-Enrolled.html

house resolution no.90

Reps. Martin, O'Malley, Beeler, Roth, Beson, Bellino, Wozniak, Paquette, Bezotte, Clements, Damoose, Bollin, Griffin, Rogers, Kuppa, Hood, Aiyash, Mueller, Meerman, Allor, Brabec, Cavanagh, Cherry, Garza, Hope, Morse, Sabo, Sneller, Weiss and Witwer offered the following resolution:

A resolution to declare May 2021 as Veteran Suicide Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.

Whereas, Veteran suicide is a major problem both in Michigan and nationwide; and

Whereas, According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Michigan veterans had a suicide rate of 33.8 per 100,000 in 2018, well above the overall state suicide rate of 18.8. Among veterans age 18 to 34, the rate was 65.1 per 100,000; with rates at 40.9 per 100,000 for those age 35 to 54; and

Whereas, There were 6,435 veteran suicides nationwide in 2018 alone. By comparison, there have been 7,035 troop deaths in conflict zones since September 11th, 2001; and

Whereas, Suicide is indeed preventable through clinically based and community-based prevention efforts and interventions, as well as through research and surveillance within and beyond veteran affairs agencies; and

Whereas, The more connected servicemen and veterans are to services and their earned benefits, the less likely they are to self-harm; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare May 2021 as Veteran Suicide Awareness Month in the state of Michigan. We urge businesses, local governments, hospitals, and others to do their part in working toward zero suicides within Michigan�s population of service members, veterans, and their families; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Governor of Michigan, the Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.