PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- Last Action
- 6/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-23Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
- 2021-03-05Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2021-03-05Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-05 (00)
Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act or the PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
This bill implements a program and a policy related to service dog therapy for veterans. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a five-year pilot program to assess the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder through a method where veterans train service dogs for veterans with disabilities.
The bill also authorizes the VA to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses, regardless of whether they have a mobility impairment.
Cosponsors (8)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Congressional oversight
- Disability assistance
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health programs administration and funding
- Mammals
- Mental health
- Neurological disorders
- Service animals
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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