; and (D) overall, suicide rates are highest among patients with mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses who are in treatment and lower among those who received a mental health diagnosis but were not at risk enough to require enhanced care from a mental health provider. (2) Pairing a service dog with a veteran costs approximately $25,000, including with respect to training of the service dog as well as training of the veteran with the service dog. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Veterans Affairs must be more effective in its approach to reducing the burden of veteran suicide connected to mental health disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, and a pilot program and study to assess the benefits of pairing service dogs with veterans suffering from mental health disorders would allow the Department to better determine the efficacy of using service dogs as a nontraditional therapy to ensure the well-being of veterans. 3. Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program to award grants for the provision of service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (a) Grants The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary awards a grant in the amount of $25,000 to eligible organizations for each eligible veteran referred to that organization for a service dog pairing. (b) Benefits provided (1) In general An organization that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall provide the following for each service dog and veteran participating in the pilot program: (A) Coverage of a commercially available veterinary health insurance policy to maintain the health of the dog and keep the dog functioning in the prescribed role for the life of the dog. (B) Hardware, or repairs or replacements for hardware, that are clinically determined to be required by the dog to perform the tasks necessary to assist the veteran with the diagnosed disorder of the veteran. (C) Payments for travel expenses for the veteran to