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H.R. 1969 House Armed Forces and National Security

No Wrong Door for Veterans Act

Introduced
Mar 10, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (R-IA-1)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on veterans' affairs on May 22, 2025.

  1. House Introduced in House Mar 10, 2025
  2. House Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Mar 10, 2025
  3. House Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Mar 10, 2025
  4. House Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Mar 25, 2025
  5. House Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5. Mar 25, 2025
  6. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held May 6, 2025
  7. House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-103. May 19, 2025
  8. House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76. May 19, 2025
  9. House Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. May 20, 2025
  10. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2175-2177; text: CR H2175-2176) May 20, 2025
  11. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1969. May 20, 2025
  12. House At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn. May 20, 2025
  13. House Considered as unfinished business. May 22, 2025
  14. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. May 22, 2025
  15. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. May 22, 2025
  16. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. May 22, 2025
  17. Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. May 22, 2025

Cosponsors

1

Subjects

Health programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careMental healthVeterans' medical care

Committees

  • Veterans' Affairs Committee
    • [Referred To, May 22, 2025]
  • Veterans' Affairs Committee
    • [Reported By, May 19, 2025]
    • [Markup By, May 6, 2025]
    • [Referred To, Mar 10, 2025]

Summary

No Wrong Door for Veterans ActThis 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 billadjusts 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; andmodifies 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 funds served a significant number of veterans.The bill requires grantees to notify (1) eligible individuals that they may receive emergent suicide care furnished or paid for by the VA, and (2) the VA if eligible individuals request emergent suicide care.

[Summary as of: Introduced in House]

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