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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 553

BRAVE Act

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Introduced 2025-01-16Topic: veterans military

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Be Ready to Assist Veterans in Extremis Act or the BRAVE Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a patient outreach system under which it must ensure that veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system and have experienced a traumatic or highly stressful event may elect to receive information and resources relating to mental health and available mental health care services. The VA must coordinate the system with the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-02-20HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.refer
2025-01-16HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.refer
2025-01-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-01-16Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.