3.0.0 2924 2023-03-08T20:12:49Z 2023-03-08T20:12:49Z Senate S 2021-10-04 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-10-20T19:14:21Z Referred to 2021-10-04T19:32:08Z 2021-10-20 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-10-04 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-10-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH N C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-10-04 True Armed Forces and National Security Community life and organization Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Mental health Military personnel and dependents Personnel records Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-10-04 Introduced in Senate 2021-10-21T18:25:58Z Vet Center Outreach Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take specified actions to provide information on Vet Centers to service members who are transitioning to civilian life. Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide social and psychological services to eligible veterans, active duty service members, and their families.

Specifically, the VA must electronically transmit, within seven days after a service member separates from the Armed Forces, specified personnel information (e.g., contact information) to the Vet Center nearest to where that service member intends to permanently reside after their separation.

The VA must ensure that the information is used to contact members and former members of the Armed Forces who are transitioning to civilian life within 14 days of receiving the information.

As part of the Transition Assistance Program, the VA must provide members of the Armed Forces with information on how to locate Vet Centers and how to use services provided through Vet Centers (e.g., mental health services).

]]> Vet Center Outreach Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit certain information to personnel of Vet Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding members of the Armed Forces transitioning from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Vet Center Outreach Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Vet Center Outreach Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2924is/xml/BILLS-117s2924is.xml 2021-10-20 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. 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.