S 2120
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Justice Outreach Act of 2015
Introduced: October 1, 2015
Introduced by:
Shaheen, Jeanne
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 1, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 1, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Justice Outreach Act of 2015
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a program to support veterans in contact with the criminal justice system by discouraging unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and other nonviolent crimes.
The program shall be carried out in partnership with local law enforcement, judicial, and community-based treatment and legal assistance organizations.
The VA shall establish coordinators to provide program outreach.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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