Improving Housing Outcomes for Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-612
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-05
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Intergovernmental relations

Performance measurement

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Improving Housing Outcomes for Veterans Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to provide medical center staff and homelessness service providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with information related to best practices for the collaboration on centralized or coordinated assessment systems established and operated by Continuums of Care. The VA must also ensure that the information and related resources are accessible to VA medical center staff and homelessness service providers. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill requires the VHA to communicate with VA employees who have responsibilities related to homelessness assistance programs regarding (1) the measurement of performance by the VA's Homeless Program Office, and (2) how to obtain and provide feedback about the performance measures.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 612 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2021 Mr. Portman (for himself, Ms. Warren , Mr. Durbin , and Mr. Van Hollen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To require the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide certain information to medical center staff and homelessness service providers of the Department regarding the coordinated entry processes for housing and services operated under the Continuum of Care Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Housing Outcomes for Veterans Act of 2021 . 2. Department of Veterans Affairs sharing of information relating to coordinated entry processes for housing and services operated under Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program (a) In general The Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall— (1) provide to staff of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs and homelessness service providers of the Department the information described in subsection (b); and (2) ensure that such information, and other resources the Under Secretary determines are appropriate, are accessible to such staff and providers. (b) Information described The information described in this subsection is information related to best practices with respect to the collaboration between medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, homelessness service providers of the Department, and local partners (including local offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or public housing agencies, and private and public local community organizations) on the centralized or coordinated assessment systems established and operated by Continuums of Care under section 578.7(a)(8) of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, including making referrals and sharing data, as the Under Secretary determines appropriate. 3. Department of Veterans Affairs communication with employees responsible for homelessness assistance programs The Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall clearly communicate with employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs whose responsibilities are related to homelessness assistance programs regarding— (1) the measurement of performance of such programs by the Homeless Programs Office of the Department; and (2) how to obtain and provide feedback about performance measures.