Every State Counts for Veterans Mental Health Act

Bill: 119-s-1361
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2025-04-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1361 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 9, 2025 Mr. Cramer (for himself and Mr. Coons ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give priority in the consideration of suicide prevention grants to entities located in States that have not received such a grant, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Every State Counts for Veterans Mental Health Act . 2. Priority for Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention grant recipients in States in which a grant has not been awarded Section 201(d) of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–171 ; 10 U.S.C. 1720F note) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Additional priority for States that have not received a grant (A) In general The Secretary shall prioritizing consideration of any eligible entity located in a State in which an entity has applied but not received a grant under this section. (B) Scoring preference If no entity in a particular State has received a grant under this section, the Secretary shall give all eligible entities in that State that apply for such a grant a scoring preference until at least one grant is awarded to an eligible entity in that State. .