Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2021
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 18, 2021
Last action Nov 18, 2021
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Nov 18, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Nov 18, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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