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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Veteran Partners' Efforts to Enhance Reintegration Act or the Veteran PEER Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish at least two peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at VA medical centers to promote the use and integration of mental health services in a primary care setting.</p>]]></text>
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