HR 3950
117th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime victims
Health facilities and institutions
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021
Introduced: June 16, 2021
Introduced by:
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Democratic
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 18, 2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 17, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jun 16, 2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 16, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021
This bill establishes a grant program to support the establishment of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) that provide legal expertise and services to veterans, with a particular focus on veterans whose medical needs put them at risk of recidivism, reoffending, or becoming victim to a crime. The bill also permits (1) the Department of Justice to give preference, when awarding grants for veteran treatment courts, to applicants that plan to work with MLPs; and (2) the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish MLPs in its facilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cosponsors
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