Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act

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Introduced 2026-03-24Topic: veterans military

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This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a pilot program providing mental health care to incarcerated veterans at five or more facilities, with priority for veterans with service-connected PTSD, traumatic brain injury, or military sexual trauma. Care would be given by VA providers, mainly through telehealth, with no copayment. The bill would direct the federal Bureau of Prisons, where feasible, to set up separate housing units or veteran-focused programs for incarcerated veterans. It would also require VA disability compensation payments that were reduced during incarceration to restart automatically upon release, and require the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect data on incarcerated veterans and report to Congress each year.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-05-20	House	Committee Hearings Held	refer
2026-03-24	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-03-24	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-03-24		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-03-24		Introduced in House	introduce

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