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No Wrong Door for Veterans Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which awards grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and members of the Armed Forces and their families. Among other elements, the bill adjusts the maximum amount for grants awarded under the program and provides for additional funding per individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by a grantee; requires the VA to provide briefings about the grant program at least once a year to certain personnel at each VA medical center located within 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee; requires baseline mental health screenings for risk provided as suicide prevention services under the program to use a protocol selected by the VA; and modifies eligibility requirements for entities seeking grants, including by authorizing applications from health care providers. In subsequent applications, grantees who have previously received funds under the program must include evidence that previously awarded funds served a significant number of veterans. The bill requires grantees to notify (1) eligible individuals that they may receive emergent suicide care furnished or paid for by the VA, and (2) the VA if eligible individuals request emergent suicide care.
Action Timeline
2025-05-22
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-05-22
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-05-22
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
2025-05-22
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
2025-05-22
Considered as unfinished business.
2025-05-20
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
2025-05-20
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1969.
2025-05-20
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2175-2177; text: CR H2175-2176)
2025-05-20
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2025-05-19
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.1969 pass?
HR.1969 is still alive. Current stage: PASSED_ONE. Pass likelihood: 48%.
What does HR.1969 do?
No Wrong Door for Veterans Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which awards grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and members of the Armed Forces and their families. Among other elements, the bill adjusts the maximum amount for grants awarded under the program and provides for additional funding per individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by a grantee; requires the VA to p…
Who sponsored HR.1969?
HR.1969 was sponsored by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 1969 EH: No Wrong Door for Veterans Act U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IB 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1969 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act . 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) . 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 . 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. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
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