H.R. 5029: Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental Health Services Act

117th Congress

To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish Vet Center readjustment counseling and related mental health services to members of the families of members or veterans of the Armed Forces who died by suicide, and other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. David Rouzer — R — NC

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide counseling to families of veterans or service members who die by suicide, and the bill would apply to deaths that occur before, on, or after the date of enactment. Under current law, the VA provides bereavement counseling to family members when an active-duty service member’s death is determined to have occurred in the line of duty. Suicides by service members are generally considered to occur in the line of duty; therefore, most survivors of service members are eligible under current law.

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