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BRAVE Act

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 by Rep. Robert J. Wittman

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Latest action · Feb 20, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

What it does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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