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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Protection and Advocacy for Veterans
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MONITORING OF MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS OF
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) Establishment.--Commencing not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall establish a grant program to improve the monitoring of mental
health and substance abuse treatment programs of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
(b) Grants.--
(1) Main grant.--
(A) Award.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary shall award grants to four protection and
advocacy systems under which each protection and
advocacy system shall carry out a demonstration project
to investigate and monitor the care and treatment of
veterans provided under chapter 17 of title 38, United
States Code, for mental illness or substance abuse
issues at medical facilities of the Department.
(B) Minimum amount.--Each grant awarded under
subparagraph (A) to a protection and advocacy system
shall be in an amount that is not less than $105,000
for each year that the protection and advocacy system
carries out a demonstration project described in such
subparagraph under the grant program.
(2) Collaboration grant.--
(A) Award.--During each year in which a protection
and advocacy system carries out a demonstration project
under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall award a
joint grant to a national organization with extensive
knowledge of the protection and advocacy system and a
veterans service organization in the amount of $80,000.
(B) Collaboration.--Each national organization and
veterans service organization that is awarded a joint
grant under subparagraph (A) shall use the amount of
the grant to facilitate the collaboration between the
national organization and the veterans service
organization to--
(i) coordinate training and technical
assistance for the protection and advocacy
systems awarded grants under paragraph (1)(A);
and
(ii) provide for data collection,
reporting, and analysis in carrying out such
paragraph.
(3) Authority.--In carrying out a demonstration project
under paragraph (1)(A), a protection and advocacy system shall
have the authorities specified in section 105(a) of the
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act
(42 U.S.C. 10805(a)) with respect to medical facilities of the
Department.
(c) Selection.--In selecting the four protection and advocacy
systems to receive grants under subsection (b)(1)(A), the Secretary
shall consider the following criteria:
(1) Whether the protection and advocacy system has
demonstrated monitoring and investigation experience, along
with knowledge of the issues facing veterans with disabilities.
(2) Whether the State in which the protection and advocacy
system operates--
(A) has low aggregated scores in the domains of
mental health, performance, and access as rated by the
Strategic Analytics Improvement and Learning database
system (commonly referred to as ''SAIL''); and
(B) to the extent practicable, is representative of
both urban and rural States.
(d) Reports.--The Secretary shall ensure that each protection and
advocacy system participating in the grant program submits to the
Secretary reports developed by the protection and advocacy system
relating to investigations or monitoring conducted pursuant to
subsection (b)(1)(A). The Secretary shall designate an office of the
Department of Veterans Affairs to receive each such report.
(e) Duration; Termination.--
(1) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the grant
program established under subsection (a) for a period of five
years beginning on the date of commencement of the grant
program.
(2) Termination of demonstration projects.--The Secretary
may terminate a demonstration project under subsection
(b)(1)(A) before the end of the five-year period described in
paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines there is good cause
for such termination. If the Secretary carries out such a
termination, the Secretary shall award grants under such
subsection to a new protection and advocacy system for the
remaining duration of the grant program.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the grant program under
subsection (a) $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ''protection and advocacy system'' has the
meaning given the term ''eligible system'' in section 102(2) of
the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
Act (42 U.S.C. 10802(2)).
(2) The term ''State'' means each of the several States,
territories, and possessions of the United States, the District
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(3) The term ''veterans service organization'' means any
organization recognized by the Secretary for the representation
of veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.
Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year grant program to improve the monitoring of VA mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. The VA shall award grants to four protection and advocacy systems under which each recipient shall investigate and monitor VA facilities care and treatment of veterans with mental illness or substance abuse issues. Criteria for selecting recipients shall include whether the state in which the protection and advocacy system operates has low mental health, performance, and access scores. During each year in which a protection and advocacy system carries out a demonstration project, the VA shall award a joint grant to a national organization with extensive knowledge of the protection and advocacy system and a veterans service organization to: (1) coordinate training and technical assistance, and (2) provide for related data collection, reporting, and analysis. "Protection and advocacy system" means the state-established system to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities.