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No Wrong Door for Veterans Act
Summary
This bill amends and reauthorizes the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, extending it through September 30, 2026, and providing $52.5 million in funding for fiscal year 2026. The bill requires grant-receiving entities to notify eligible individuals about emergent suicide care options under VA law and to notify the Secretary if individuals elect to receive such care. If VA does not provide services within 72 hours of a referral, the individual is automatically treated as eligible for emergent suicide care under VA law. The bill requires eligible entities to have continuously provided mental health care or support services for at least two years before applying for grants, and mandates use of the Columbia Protocol for suicide risk screening in new grants. The bill also expands VA medical services to include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and recreational activities for eligible veterans.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI)
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Actions (17)
- May 22, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- May 22, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- May 22, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. · house
- May 22, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- May 22, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. · house
- May 20, 2025 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn. · house
- May 20, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1969. · house
- May 20, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2175-2177; text: CR H2175-2176) · house
- May 20, 2025 Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
- May 19, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76. · house
- May 19, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-103. · house
- May 6, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 25, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5. · house
- Mar 25, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
AN ACT
To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Wrong Door for Veterans Act”.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STAFF SERGEANT PARKER GORDON FOX SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Duration.—Section 201 of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public Law 116- 171; 38 U.S.C. 1720F note) is amended, in subsection (j), by striking “the date that is three years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this section” and inserting “September 30, 2026”.
(b) Emergent Suicide Care.—Such section is further amended—
(1) in subsection (m)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(4);
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3):
“(3) Emergent suicide care.—In the case of an eligible individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by an eligible entity in receipt of a grant under this section, the eligible entity shall notify—
“(A) the eligible individual that the individual may be eligible for emergent suicide care under section 1720J of title 38, United States Code; and
“(B) the Secretary, if an eligible individual notified under subparagraph (A) elects to receive such emergent suicide care.”; and
(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking “(1) or (2)” and inserting “(1), (2), or
(3)”; and
(2) in subsection (n)—
(A) by inserting “(1) In general.—” before “When” and adjusting the margins accordingly; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) Time frame.—If the Secretary does not provide services under paragraph (1) to an eligible individual during the 72-hour period following a referral under subsection (m), such eligible individual shall be treated as eligible for emergent suicide care under section 1720J of title 38, United States Code.”.
(c) Reauthorization.—Such section is further amended, in subsection (p)—
(1) by striking “section a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 through 2025.” and inserting “section—”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
“(1) a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 through 2025; and
“(2) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 2026.”.
(d) Requirements for Eligible Entities.—Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(3)—
(1) by inserting “an entity that has continuously provided mental health care or support services in the United States during the two-year period before the date on which the entity applies for a grant under this section and that is” after “means”;
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking “or foundation” and inserting “, foundation, or health care provider”; and
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking “A” and inserting “a”.
(e) Technical Correction to Definitions.—Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(5), by striking “Medical services” and inserting “The term ‘emergency treatment’ means medical services”.
(f) Required Use of Certain Screening Protocol.—Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(11)(A)(ii), by inserting after “risk” the following: “, which in the case of a grant made on or after the date of the enactment of the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, shall be the Columbia Protocol (also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale)”.
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ADAPTIVE PROSTHESES AND TERMINAL DEVICES FOR SPORTS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MEDICAL SERVICES FURNISHED TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
Section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in paragraph (6)(F)(i), by inserting “(including adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities)” after “artificial limbs”.
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “November 30, 2031” and inserting “January 30, 2033”.
Passed the House of Representatives May 22 (legislative day May 21), 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1969
AN ACT
To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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