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HR 5543 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Census and government statistics Department of Veterans Affairs Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Home and outpatient care Mental health Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care

Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021

Introduced: December 8, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 14, 2021
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 8, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Census-Enabled National Treatment Equitable Resource Supplement for Mental Health Act of 2021 or the Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure the number of Vet Centers in certain states is increased by at least one additional center if the VA determines the state meets specified requirements. The VA must also establish a community-based outpatient clinic in each state that does not share a land border with another state, is located at least 2,000 miles from the contiguous United States, and contains no such clinic.

What's happening now October 14, 2021

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 58
All 58 Democratic 30 Republican 10
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Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Feb 25, 2022
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jan 13, 2022
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Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Dec 16, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 13, 2021
PRICE, DAVID
· Dec 9, 2021
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Dec 8, 2021
Rodgers, Cathy
· Dec 8, 2021
 D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Dec 7, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Nov 26, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 23, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Nov 18, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· Nov 18, 2021
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Nov 18, 2021
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Nov 17, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Nov 15, 2021
Crist, Charlie
· Nov 12, 2021
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · Nov 12, 2021
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Nov 12, 2021
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Nov 9, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Nov 9, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Nov 9, 2021
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Nov 9, 2021
Pascrell, Bill
· Nov 9, 2021
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 9, 2021
Bustos, Cheri
· Nov 5, 2021
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Nov 5, 2021
Katko, John
· Nov 5, 2021
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 5, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 5, 2021
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Nov 4, 2021
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Chu, Judy
California · Nov 3, 2021
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Nov 3, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Nov 3, 2021
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Nov 1, 2021
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Nov 1, 2021
Lamb, Conor
· Oct 28, 2021
Murphy, Stephanie
· Oct 28, 2021
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Harder, Josh
California · Oct 27, 2021
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Oct 27, 2021
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Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Oct 21, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Oct 19, 2021
Lowenthal, Alan
· Oct 19, 2021
Luria, Elaine
· Oct 19, 2021
Newman, Marie
· Oct 19, 2021
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 19, 2021
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Lieu, Ted
California · Oct 15, 2021
Malinowski, Tom
· Oct 15, 2021
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Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Oct 15, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5543: Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5543/
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"H.R. 5543: Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5543/.
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