No Wrong Door for Veterans Act
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STAFF SERGEANT PARKER GORDON FOX SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Wrong Door for Veterans Act’’.
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.’’;
- (C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘(1) or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1), (2), or (3)’’;
- (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.’’;
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’’.
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