No Wrong Door for Veterans Act
- Last Action
- 5/22/2025
Actions
- 2025-05-22Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-05-22Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-05-22On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- 2025-05-22Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- 2025-05-22Considered as unfinished business.
- 2025-05-20At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- 2025-05-20DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1969.
- 2025-05-20Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2175-2177; text: CR H2175-2176)
- 2025-05-20Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2025-05-19Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
- 2025-05-19Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-103.
- 2025-05-19Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-103.
- 2025-05-06Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 2025-03-25Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5.
- 2025-03-25Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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CRS Summary
As of 2025-03-10 (00)
No Wrong Door for Veterans Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which awards grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and members of the Armed Forces and their families.
Among other elements, the bill
- adjusts the maximum amount for grants awarded under the program and provides for additional funding per individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by a grantee;
- requires the VA to provide briefings about the grant program at least once a year to certain personnel at each VA medical center located within 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee;
- requires baseline mental health screenings for risk provided as suicide prevention services under the program to use a protocol selected by the VA; and
- modifies eligibility requirements for entities seeking grants, including by authorizing applications from health care providers.
In subsequent applications, grantees who have previously received funds under the program must include evidence that previously awarded funds served a significant number of veterans.
The bill requires grantees to notify (1) eligible individuals that they may receive emergent suicide care furnished or paid for by the VA, and (2) the VA if eligible individuals request emergent suicide care.
Cosponsors (1)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Subjects
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Mental health
- Veterans' medical care
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