evidence_text: Rep. Phil Green moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 30, following line 15, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 416. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the department may contract with or provide grants to local health care providers to accelerate the clinical research and deployment of promising investigational treatments for suicide prevention that have been granted breakthrough therapy designation by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are eligible for expanded access as defined by the United States Food and Drug Administration, specifically for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, or treatment-resistant depression in veterans of the United States military and first responders. In addition, from the funds appropriated in part 1, the department may hire up to 3 FTE staff to facilitate and administer this grant program.”.
  
  The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.