Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- May 20, 2026
What it does
The Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act would establish a pilot program within the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health care—including telemental health services, mobile units, or other appropriate means—to incarcerated veterans, prioritizing those with service-connected disabilities related to PTSD, traumatic brain injury, or military sexual trauma, without charging copayments. It would also require the Bureau of Prisons to establish dedicated housing units for veterans in federal correctional facilities where feasible, or create veteran-focused programs otherwise, and mandate automatic resumption of VA compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
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