Veterans: Suicide Prevention and Medical Equipment Expansion
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Veteran-focused bills often receive strong bipartisan support, and this bill has already cleared the House with momentum.
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The bill renews and expands a suicide prevention grant program run through community groups, adds a guarantee of emergency mental health care if the VA can't respond within 72 hours, and lets the VA cover sports and recreational prosthetic devices. Together these changes give veterans more mental health support options and better access to equipment that helps them stay active.
“To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.”
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
The House fast-tracked this bill — limited debate, no amendments allowed, but needs two-thirds support to pass.
Considered as unfinished business.
Introduced by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act passed the House. The bill reauthorizes the Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and expands VA medical services to include adaptive prosthetics for sports and recreational activities.
The legislation reauthorizes the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program through 2028. It allows veterans to seek emergency mental health care from community providers if the VA cannot deliver services within 72 hours of initial contact.
The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs issued a report on H.R. 1969, the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act. The bill mandates the use of the Columbia Protocol for suicide risk screening and authorizes $52.5 million for community-based prevention grants.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
No Wrong Door for Veterans Act
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