Improving Mental Health Care and Coordination for Homeless Veterans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7049 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7049

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to provide certain assessments of veterans needing 
           homeless program services, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2026

 Mr. Valadao introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to provide certain assessments of veterans needing 
           homeless program services, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Improving Mental Health Care and 
Coordination for Homeless Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ASSESSMENT OF VETERANS NEEDING 
              HOMELESS PROGRAM SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter VII of chapter 20 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2070. Assessment of veterans needing homeless program services
    ``(a) Assessments Required.--Not later than three days after the 
date on which an employee of the homeless program of the Department 
identifies a veteran as needing homeless program services, the employee 
shall conduct an assessment of the veteran that shall include--
            ``(1) an assessment of the physical and mental health needs 
        of the veteran;
            ``(2) a plan to address the immediate and long-term mental 
        and physical needs of the veteran; and
            ``(3) an identification of appropriate housing in which to 
        place the veteran.
    ``(b) Inclusion in EHR.--A homeless program employee who conducts 
an assessment under subsection (a) shall ensure that--
            ``(1) the information collected as part of the assessment 
        is consistent with the information included in the electronic 
        health record of the veteran; and
            ``(2) personally identifiable information is collected and 
        maintained in accordance with the policies of the Department 
        and the Veterans Health Administration, Federal law, and 
        ethical practices.
    ``(c) Implementation Monitoring.--The Director of the Homeless 
Program Office shall ensure that appropriate homeless program employees 
monitor the implementation of the plans developed pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2) to ensure that veterans who are homeless and at-risk 
for homelessness and who have mental health issues are getting the 
appropriate level and scope of services needed to address their 
immediate and long-term care and support needs.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2069 the following new item:

``2070. Assessment of veterans needing homeless program services.''.
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