Banks and Duckworth Introduce Bill to Make Homeless Veteran Healthcare Permanent
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Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 2525 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 2525 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Veterans who are homeless or living with serious mental illness will have more reliable, long-term access to treatment and rehabilitation services through the VA. By removing the program's expiration date, the bill eliminates the risk that these critical services could lapse if Congress fails to reauthorize them on time, giving vulnerable veterans greater certainty that help will be there when they need it.
“to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans”
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Introduced in Senate
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Health Care for Homeless Veterans Act
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