3.0.0 3255 2022-12-30T02:48:57Z 2023-01-02T06:33:26Z Senate S 2021-11-18 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-11-18T21:05:32Z Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021 117 5543 HR 2021-10-14 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2021-11-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-11-29 False Armed Forces and National Security Census and government statistics Department of Veterans Affairs Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Home and outpatient care Mental health Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2022-08-22T10:38:10Z Veterans Census-Enabled National Treatment Equitable Resource Supplement for Mental Health Act of 2021 or the Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure the number of Vet Centers in certain states is increased by not less than one additional center if the VA determines the state meets specified requirements. The VA must also establish a community-based outpatient clinic in each state that does not share a land border with another state, is located not less than 2,000 miles from the contiguous United States, and contains no such clinic.

]]> Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021 Display Title Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans Census-Enabled National Treatment Equitable Resource Supplement for Mental Health Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of Vet Centers in certain States based on population metrics, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3255is/xml/BILLS-117s3255is.xml 2021-11-18 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.