HR 3950 United States House · 117th Congress

Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021

Summary

Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021 This bill establishes a grant program to support the establishment of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) that provide legal expertise and services to veterans, with a particular focus on veterans whose medical needs put them at risk of recidivism, reoffending, or becoming victim to a crime. The bill also permits (1) the Department of Justice to give preference, when awarding grants for veteran treatment courts, to applicants that plan to work with MLPs; and (2) the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish MLPs in its facilities.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2021

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Floor Vote

President

Introduced Jun 16, 2021 Last action Nov 1, 2022

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Committee

Nov 1, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

lower

May 18, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

lower

May 17, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

lower

Jun 16, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Jun 16, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors