H.R. 1969 · Where this bill is now
In the Senate
Passed the House May 22, 2025. Received May 22, 2025; no Senate vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryExpands veteran suicide prevention grants through 2028
This bill extends a VA grant program that funds organizations providing suicide prevention services for veterans and military members through 2028. It increases the amount of money available per grant and per person served, allows more types of organizations like health care providers to apply, and requires mental health screenings to follow a standard VA protocol. The bill also asks grantees to tell the VA when veterans need emergency suicide care.
How it affects you
If you're a veteran or active military member struggling with suicide risk, this bill means more organizations in your area may be funded to help you, and those programs will be required to connect you with VA emergency care if you need it. The changes make it easier for different kinds of health care providers to get grants to offer these services. This doesn't directly affect most civilians, but it aims to improve suicide prevention support for those who've served.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Mar 10, 2025)
No Wrong Door for Veterans Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which awards grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and members of the Armed Forces and their families.
Among other elements, the bill
• adjusts the maximum amount for grants awarded under the program and provides for additional funding per individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by a grantee;
• requires the VA to provide briefings about the grant program at least once a year to certain personnel at each VA medical center located within 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee;
• requires baseline mental health screenings for risk provided as suicide prevention services under the program to use a protocol selected by the VA; and
• modifies eligibility requirements for entities seeking grants, including by authorizing applications from health care providers.
In subsequent applications, grantees who have previously received funds under the program must include evidence that previously awarded funds served a significant number of veterans.
The bill requires grantees to notify (1) eligible individuals that they may receive emergent suicide care furnished or paid for by the VA, and (2) the VA if eligible individuals request emergent suicide care.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 1969
AN ACT
No Wrong Door for Veterans Act
Sponsor: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1) · Introduced Mar 10, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security · 4 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action May 22, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.”