3.0.0 1951 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z Senate S 2017-10-05 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-05T20:16:08Z Veteran Wellness Act 115 2506 HR 2017-05-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-10-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N Armed Forces and National Security Child care and development Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health promotion and preventive care Veterans' medical care Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-08T22:31:14Z Veteran Wellness Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program under which the VA makes grants to nonprofit veterans services organizations (VSOs), such as the American National Red Cross, the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the United Spanish War Veterans, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to: (1) upgrade their community facilities into health and wellness centers in at least 10 different geographic locations, and (2) promote and expand complementary and integrative wellness programs.

In selecting grant recipients, the VA shall give priority to recipients that will use grant amounts in locations in economically depressed areas that are not in close proximity to VA medical centers.

A VSO, as a condition of receiving a grant, must agree to carry out the operation and maintenance of a facility that is repaired or constructed using grant funds for three years after completion of the repair or construction.

]]> Veteran Wellness Act Display Title Veteran Wellness Act Short Titles as Introduced Veteran Wellness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit veterans service organizations to upgrade the community facilities of such organizations. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1951is/xml/BILLS-115s1951is.xml 2017-10-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.