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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1969

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

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

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``No Wrong Door for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STAFF SERGEANT PARKER GORDON 
 FOX SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF 
 VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Duration.--

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 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, 2026''.

    (b) Emergent Suicide Care.--Such section is further amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (m) --
        (A) by redesignating paragraph

    (3) as paragraph

    (4) ;
        (B) by inserting after paragraph

    (2) the following 
 new paragraph

    (3) :
 ``

    (3) Emergent suicide care.--In the case of an eligible 
 individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or 
 coordinated by an eligible entity in receipt of a grant under 
 this section, the eligible entity shall notify--
 ``
        (A) the eligible individual that the individual 
 may be eligible for emergent suicide care under 

section 1720J of title 38, United States Code; and
 ``
        (B) the Secretary, if an eligible individual 
 notified under subparagraph
        (A) elects to receive such 
 emergent suicide care.''; and
            (C) in paragraph

    (4) , as so redesignated, by 
 striking ``

    (1) or

    (2) '' and inserting ``

    (1) ,

    (2) , or

    (3) ''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (n) --
        (A) by inserting ``

    (1) In general.--'' before 
 ``When'' and adjusting the margins accordingly; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (2) Time frame.--If the Secretary does not provide 
 services under paragraph

    (1) to an eligible individual during 
 the 72-hour period following a referral under subsection
            (m) , 
 such eligible individual shall be treated as eligible for 
 emergent suicide care under 

section 1720J of title 38, United 
 States Code.''.
            (c) Reauthorization.--Such section is further amended, in 
subsection

    (p) --

    (1) by striking ``section a total of $174,000,000 for 
 fiscal years 2021 through 2025.'' and inserting ``section--''; 
 and

    (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
 ``

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

    (2) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 2026.''.
            (d) Requirements for Eligible Entities.--Such section is further 
amended, in subsection

    (q)

    (3) --

    (1) 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'';

    (2) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``or foundation'' and 
 inserting ``, foundation, or health care provider''; and

    (3) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking ``A'' and inserting 
 ``a''.

    (e) Technical Correction to 

=== Definitions. ===
-Such section is further 
amended, in subsection

    (q)

    (5) , by striking ``Medical services'' and 
inserting ``The term `emergency treatment' means medical services''.

    (f) Required Use of Certain Screening Protocol.--Such section is 
further amended, in subsection

    (q)

    (11)
        (A)
            (ii) , by inserting after 
``risk'' the following: ``, which in the case of a grant made on or 
after the date of the enactment of the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, 
shall be the Columbia Protocol (also known as the Columbia-Suicide 
Severity Rating Scale)''.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ADAPTIVE PROSTHESES AND TERMINAL DEVICES FOR 
 SPORTS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MEDICAL 
 SERVICES FURNISHED TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS BY THE SECRETARY 
 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

 

Section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in 
paragraph

    (6)
        (F)
            (i) , by inserting ``(including adaptive prostheses and 
terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities)'' after 
``artificial limbs''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.

 

Section 5503
            (d) (7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``November 30, 2031'' and inserting ``January 30, 2033''.

 Passed the House of Representatives May 22 (legislative day 
 May 21), 2025.

 Attest:

 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 1969

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

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