Alarmed by escalating rates of suicide among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) has introduced legislation requiring mental health screening for all soldiers and reservists. Therapists would examine combat personnel before going into a war zone, after coming home, and before redeployment. The Post-Deployment Health Assessment Act of 2009 is based on a Montana program that was implemented after the suicide of National Guardsman Chris Dana, who killed himself 18 months after returning from Iraq.