3.0.0 2786 2023-08-07T13:45:20Z 2023-08-07T13:45:20Z Senate S 2021-09-21 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-21T21:27:05Z Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021 117 5321 HR 2021-09-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2021-09-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-09-21 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-02-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-07T13:31:30Z Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021

This bill addresses training for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees regarding discharge eligibility standards for VA benefits and services, requires notification of eligibility for VA benefits and services for individuals who were discharged or released from active service under conditions characterized as neither honorable nor dishonorable, and modifies the requirements of eligibility for certain mental and behavioral health care related to military sexual trauma, readjustment counseling, and related mental health services.

]]> Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021 Display Title Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address the inappropriate or unlawful denial by the Department of Veterans Affairs of benefits and services for former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service under conditions characterized as neither dishonorable nor honorable, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2786is/xml/BILLS-117s2786is.xml 2021-09-21 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.