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VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish annual mental health consultations to certain veterans, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer an annual mental health consultation to veterans who are receiving compensation for a service-connected disability relating to a mental health diagnosis. Additionally, the VA must conduct outreach regarding the availability of such consultations and other mental health services unless a veteran opts out of outreach.

The bill requires the VA to utilize specified methods in its outreach efforts and to provide annual reports for the four years following the enactment of the bill regarding the outreach methods used to inform veterans about mental health consultations and services.

The Government Accountability Office must report on the effect of this bill, including by reporting on the number of veterans who received mental health consultations and which outreach methods were most successful in reaching such veterans.

The bill also extends certain higher loan fee rates through May 12, 2035, under the VA's home loan program. Such rates currently last through June 9, 2034.

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Timeline

  1. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-634.
  2. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  3. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  4. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  5. Introduced
  6. Committee

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