MIND Our Veterans Act of 2025

This bill directs the joint committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to change the mental health screens used in the health assessment given to service members leaving the military. The screens for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use, and violence risk would each have to become validated tools, either by validating the current screen or replacing it with one already validated. The committee would also have to incorporate screening for substance use, decide whether to add it to the separation assessment, and report its reasoning to Congress within 120 days. The Secretary of Defense would have to fully implement the separation health assessment within 120 days of the bill becoming law.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Pete Ricketts Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors