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S 1838 112th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Animal protection and human-animal relationships Health care coverage and access Mental health Rural conditions and development Service animals Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on service dog training therapy, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 9, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jun 27, 2012
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.
Nov 9, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Nov 9, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7302)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to commence a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using service dog training activities as components of integrated post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rehabilitation programs at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers to positively affect veterans with such symptoms and to produce specially trained service dogs for veterans. Requires the pilot program to be carried out at one VA medical center selected by the Secretary other than the VA health care system in Palo Alto, California. Makes veteran participation voluntary. Requires the Secretary to: (1) collect program data to determine its effectiveness, as well as the advisability of expanding the program to additional VA medical centers; and (2) report annually to Congress for the duration of the pilot program.

What's happening now June 27, 2012

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 1, 2012
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Nov 9, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1838: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on service dog training therapy, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1838/
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"S. 1838: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on service dog training therapy, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1838/.
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S. 1838, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1838/.
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