HR 1969 · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

No Wrong Door for Veterans Act

Introduced 2025-03-10· Sponsored by Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2025-05-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] No Wrong Door for Veterans Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which awards grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and members of the Armed Forces and their families. Among other elements, the bill adjusts the maximum amount for grants awarded under the program and provides for additional funding per individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by a grantee; requires the VA to provide briefings about the grant program at least once a year to certain personnel at each VA medical center located within 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee; requires baseline mental health screenings for risk provided as suicide prevention services under the program to use a protocol selected by the VA; and modifies eligibility requirements for entities seeking grants, including by authorizing applications from health care providers. In subsequent applications, grantees who have previously received funds under the program must include evidence that previously awarded fund…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1969, No Wrong Door for Veterans Act

May 16, 2025

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 6, 2025

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican