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117th Congress
Senate
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Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care
Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021
Introduced: April 29, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), during FY2022, to establish and maintain three new centers of the Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement (RANGE) Program in areas with interest from personnel and a need for additional mental health care for rural veterans. The RANGE Program serves veterans in rural areas who are experiencing mental illness.
The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study and report on whether the VA has sufficient resources to serve rural veterans who need mental health care that is more intensive than traditional outpatient therapy.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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