Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 23, 2017)
Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year grant program to improve the monitoring of VA mental health and substance abuse treatment programs.
The VA shall award a grant to four protection and advocacy systems under which each recipient shall investigate and monitor VA facilities care and treatment of veterans with mental illness or substance abuse issues. Criteria for selecting recipients shall include whether the state in which the protection and advocacy system operates has low mental health, performance, and access scores.
During each year in which a protection and advocacy system carries out a demonstration project, the VA shall award a joint grant to a national organization with extensive knowledge of the protection and advocacy system and a veterans service organization to: (1) coordinate training and technical assistance, and (2) provide for related data collection, reporting, and analysis.
"Protection and advocacy system" means the state-established system to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities.
What just happenedMar 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 23, 2017
- Mar 23, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 23, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Mar 23, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House