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I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9438IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 30, 2024Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Bergman, and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' AffairsA BILLTo amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act.

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Amendments to and reauthorization of the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs

(a)

Reorganization

Subsection (b) of section 201 of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1720F) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and inserting the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services.(b)

Use of grant money

Such section is further amended, in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting (not more than 5 percent of which may be spent on food and non-alcoholic beverages) after fiscal year.(c)

Briefing for local VAMCs

Such section is further amended, in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(5)

Briefing for local VAMCs

Not less than once per calendar quarter, the Secretary shall provide, to the appropriate personnel of each medical center of the Department located not more than 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee, a briefing about the grant program under this section in order to improve coordination between a grantee and such personnel..(d)

Duration

Such section is further amended, in subsection (j), by striking the date that is three years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this section and inserting September 30, 2027.(e)

Emergent suicide care

Such section is further amended, in subsection (n)—(1)by inserting (1) before When; and(2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(2)If the Secretary does not provide services under paragraph (1) to an eligible individual during the 72-hour period following a referral under subsection (m), such eligible individual shall be treated as eligible for emergent suicide care under section 1720J of title 38, United States Code.. (f)

Reauthorization

Such section is further amended, in subsection (p), by striking 2025 and inserting 2027.(g)

Technical correction to definitions

Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(5), by striking Medical services and inserting The term emergency treatment means medical services.(h)

Required use of certain screening protocol

Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(11)(A)(ii), by adding at the end the following new sentence: In the case of a grantee awarded a grant under this section on or after the date of the enactment of the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, such screening shall be the Columbia Protocol (also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C–SSRS))..