No Wrong Door for Veterans Act · Introduced in House (2025-03-10)

(a) Reorganization

Subsection (b) of section 201 of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (; note) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking Office of Mental Health and Suicide Preventionand inserting the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services. Public Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1720F

(b) Grant money: amount; use

Such section is further amended, in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking $750,000 per grantee per fiscal yearand inserting $500,000 per fiscal year (not more than 5 percent of which may be spent on food and non-alcoholic beverages), plus inserting0,000 per eligible individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by such grantee.

Such section is further amended, in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the following: . The Secretary shall not give preference to an eligible entity solely because the eligible entity previously received, or applied for, a grant under this section

(d) Reapplication by a previous grantee

Such section is further amended, in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
- (3) Reapplication by previous grantee
  - An application submitted by an eligible entity that previously received grant funds under this section shall include in such application evidence that the eligible entity used such grant funds to serve a significant number of veterans.

(e) Briefing for local VAMCs

Such section is further amended, in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
- (5) Briefing for local VAMCs
  - Not less than once per calendar quarter, the Secretary shall provide, to the appropriate personnel of each medical center of the Department located not more than 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee, a briefing about the grant program under this section in order to improve coordination between a grantee and such personnel. The Secretary may permit a representative of a grantee to attend such a briefing.

(f) Duration

Such section is further amended, in subsection (j), by striking the date that is three years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this sectionand inserting September 30, 2028.

(g) Emergent suicide care

(h) Reauthorization

Such section is further amended, in subsection (p)—
- by striking and inserting an em dash; and
  - for fiscal years 2021 through 2025, a total of $174,000,000; and
  - for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, a total of $157,500,000.
- by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

(i) Clarification of eligible entities

Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(3)—
- in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after ; and
- in subparagraph (A), by inserting after .

(j) Technical correction to definitions

Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(5), by striking and inserting .

(k) Required use of screening protocol selected by the Secretary

(1) In general
- Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(11)(A)(ii), by striking screening for riskand inserting screening for risk, using a protocol selected by the Secretary.
(2) Rules of construction
- In addition to the protocol selected pursuant to the amendment made by paragraph (1)—
  - the Secretary may furnish another protocol to a grantee; and
  - a grantee may use another protocol to screen for risk.

H.R. 1969