S 2924 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Vet Center Outreach Act of 2021

Summary
Vet Center Outreach Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take specified actions to provide information on Vet Centers to service members who are transitioning to civilian life. Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide social and psychological services to eligible veterans, active duty service members, and their families. Specifically, the VA must electronically transmit, within seven days after a service member separates from the Armed Forces, specified personnel information (e.g., contact information) to the Vet Center nearest to where that service member intends to permanently reside after their separation. The VA must ensure that the information is used to contact members and former members of the Armed Forces who are transitioning to civilian life within 14 days of receiving the information. As part of the Transition Assistance Program, the VA must provide members of the Armed Forces with information on how to locate Vet Centers and how to use services provided through Vet Centers (e.g., mental health services).
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
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Introduced Oct 4, 2021 Last action Oct 20, 2021
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Oct 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
upper
Oct 4, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Oct 4, 2021
Introduced
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upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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