1. Department of Veterans Affairs training and counseling in suicide prevention and lethal means (a) Training session Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop a suicide prevention and lethal means training session tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces any time after September 11, 2001. Such training shall— (1) be provided to all primary care practitioners of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to other Department employees, as directed by the Secretary, by not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and at least once every five years thereafter; (2) be integrated into the whole health initiative of the Department; and (3) be updated at least once every two years. (b) Counseling session (1) In general Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a suicide prevention and lethal means counseling session tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces any time after September 11, 2001. Such counseling shall— (A) be provided by primary care practitioners of the Department to— (i) all veterans enrolled in the patient enrollment system under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001; and (ii) other veterans, as determined by the Secretary; (B) be provided during the veterans’ first primary care appointment following development of the counseling session and subsequently as clinically appropriate; and (C) be integrated into the whole health initiative of the Department. (2) Lethal means counseling In this subsection, the term lethal means counseling means counseling designed to— (A) assess whether a person at risk for suicide has access to lethal means