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S 3255 117th Congress Senate 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: November 18, 2021 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 18, 2021
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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 not less than 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 not less than 2,000 miles from the contiguous United States, and contains no such clinic.

What's happening now November 18, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5543 Related bill Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Nov 29, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3255: Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3255/
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"S. 3255: Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3255/.
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S. 3255, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3255/.
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