119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 1969

No Wrong Door for Veterans Act

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119th Congress (2025-2026)

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Session

119th Congress (2025-2026)

Jurisdiction

US Congress

Bill overview

The No Wrong Door for Veterans Act reauthorizes and modifies the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, which provides funding to organizations that offer suicide prevention services to veterans, members of the military, and their families. The bill increases the maximum grant amount, provides additional funding per veteran served, requires baseline mental health screenings using a VA-selected protocol, and establishes procedures for grantees to notify veterans of emergent care options and for the VA to brief local medical centers. It also includes provisions to prevent bias in grant distribution and requires previous grantees to demonstrate the impact of their prior funding.

Key provisions

Increases the maximum grant amount per grantee.
Provides additional funding per eligible veteran receiving services.
Requires baseline mental health screenings using a protocol selected by the VA.
Mandates grantees notify eligible individuals of emergent suicide care options.
Requires grantees to notify the VA if eligible individuals request emergent care.
Prevents preference in grant distribution based on prior grant receipt.
Requires previous grantees to demonstrate the impact of prior grant funding.
Establishes quarterly briefings for local VA medical centers about the grant program.

Who is affected

Veterans
Members of the Armed Forces
Families of Veterans and Military Members
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mental Health Service Providers

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Legislative history

2025-03-10House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

2025-03-10House

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2025-03-10

Introduced in House

2025-03-10

Introduced in House

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5/22/2025HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
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5/22/2025Voice vote
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Passage without roll call

5/22/2025HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
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5/22/2025Voice vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session

H. R. 1969

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

A BILL

To amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the

No Wrong Door for Veterans Act

2.Amendments to and reauthorization of the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs

(a)ReorganizationSubsection (b) of section 201 of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1720F note) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and inserting the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services.

(b)Grant money: amount; use

Such section is further amended, in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking $750,000 per grantee per fiscal year and inserting $500,000 per fiscal year (not more than 5 percent of which may be spent on food and non-alcoholic beverages), plus $10,000 per eligible individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by such grantee.

(c)Preference in distribution of grantsSuch section is further amended, in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall not give preference to an eligible entity solely because the eligible entity previously received, or applied for, a grant under this section.

(d)Reapplication by a previous granteeSuch section is further amended, in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(3)Reapplication by previous granteeAn application submitted by an eligible entity that previously received grant funds under this section shall include in such application evidence that the eligible entity used such grant funds to serve a significant number of veterans.

(e)Briefing for local VAMCsSuch section is further amended, in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(5)Briefing for local VAMCsNot less than once per calendar quarter, the Secretary shall provide, to the appropriate personnel of each medical center of the Department located not more than 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee, a briefing about the grant program under this section in order to improve coordination between a grantee and such personnel. The Secretary may permit a representative of a grantee to attend such a briefing.

(f)DurationSuch section is further amended, in subsection (j), by striking the date that is three years after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this section and inserting September 30, 2028.

(g)Emergent suicide careSuch section is further amended, in subsection (n)—

(1)

by inserting (1) before When; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(2)A grantee shall notify—

(A)an eligible individual receiving suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by such grantee that such eligible individual may receive emergent suicide care under section 1720J of title 38, United States Code; and

(B)the Secretary if such eligible individual requests such emergent suicide care.

(h)ReauthorizationSuch section is further amended, in subsection (p)—

(1)

by striking a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 through 2025 and inserting an em dash; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

(1)for fiscal years 2021 through 2025, a total of $174,000,000; and

(2)for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, a total of $157,500,000.

(i)Clarification of eligible entitiesSuch section is further amended, in subsection (q)(3)—

(1)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting an entity that has continuously provided mental health care or support services in the United States during the two-year period before the date on which the entity applies for a grant under this section, and that is after means; and

(2)

in subparagraph (A), by inserting , or a health care provider after foundation.

(j)Technical correction to definitionsSuch section is further amended, in subsection (q)(5), by striking Medical services and inserting The term emergency treatment means medical services.

(k)Required use of screening protocol selected by the Secretary

(1)In general

Such section is further amended, in subsection (q)(11)(A)(ii), by striking screening for risk and inserting screening for risk, using a protocol selected by the Secretary.

(2)Rules of constructionIn addition to the protocol selected pursuant to the amendment made by paragraph (1)—

(A)

the Secretary may furnish another protocol to a grantee; and

(B)

a grantee may use another protocol to screen for risk.

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