IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1969 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 22, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon 
Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) DURATION.—Section 201 of the Commander 
John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Im-
provement 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 fur-
ther 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— 
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‘‘(A) the eligible individual that the indi-
vidual 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 re-
ceive such emergent suicide care.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘(1) or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1), (2), 
or (3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (n)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘When’’ and adjusting the margins accord-
ingly; 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 re-
ferral under subsection (m), such eligible individual 
shall be treated as eligible for emergent suicide care 
under section 1720J of title 38, United States 
Code.’’. 
(c) REAUTHORIZATION.—Such section is further 
amended, in subsection (p)— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘section a total of $174,000,000 
for fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’ and inserting 
‘‘section—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 
2021 through 2025; and 
‘‘(2) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Such 
section is further amended, in subsection (q)(3)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘an entity that has continu-
ously provided mental health care or support serv-
ices in the United States during the two-year period 
before the date on which the entity applies for a 
grant under this section and that is’’ after ‘‘means’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or foun-
dation’’ and inserting ‘‘, foundation, or health care 
provider’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘A’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTION
TO DEFINITIONS.— 
Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(5), by 
striking ‘‘Medical services’’ and inserting ‘‘The term 
‘emergency treatment’ means medical services’’. 
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(f) REQUIRED USE OF CERTAIN SCREENING PRO-
TOCOL.—Such section is further amended, in subsection 
(q)(11)(A)(ii), by inserting after ‘‘risk’’ the following: ‘‘, 
which in the case of a grant made on or after the date 
of the enactment of the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, 
shall be the Columbia Protocol (also known as the Colum-
bia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale)’’. 
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ADAPTIVE PROSTHESES AND TER-
MINAL DEVICES FOR SPORTS AND OTHER 
RECREATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES 
IN 
MEDICAL 
SERVICES FURNISHED TO ELIGIBLE VET-
ERANS BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
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’’. 
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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 insert-
ing ‘‘January 30, 2033’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 22 (legis-
lative day May 21), 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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