Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act

This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to run a pilot program at five or more facilities to provide mental health care to incarcerated veterans, 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 or mobile units, with no copayment. The bill would require the federal Bureau of Prisons, where feasible, to set up separate housing units for veterans in federal prisons, or veteran-focused programs where it cannot. It would make VA disability and survivor compensation payments that were reduced during a felony incarceration resume automatically on release. It would also require the Justice Department's statistics office to collect data on incarcerated veterans and report to Congress each year.

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Sponsors

• Angus S. King, Jr. Independent sponsor
• 1 cosponsors