H.R. 8044

Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act

Sponsor: Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.

3 cosponsors

Rick Larsen
Morgan Luttrell
Melanie A. Stansbury

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Introduced Mar 24
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Introduced Mar 24
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Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Get Justice-Involved Veterans Behavioral Assistance and Care for Key Health Outcomes to Maintain Empowerment Act or the Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act.

Sec. 2. Pilot program to provide mental health care to incarcerated veterans

Sec. 3. Separate housing units for incarcerated veterans

Sec. 4. Automatic resumption of payment of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to persons incarcerated for conviction of a felony after period of incarceration ends

Sec. 5. Survey on incarcerated veterans