US Congress Senate Bill 946 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire at least 50 Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists, place each one at an eligible VA medical center, and ensure that each one serves as part of a justice team in a veterans treatment court or other veteran-focused court. An eligible VA medical center is one that: complies with all VA guidelines and regulations for placement of a specialist; works with a veteran with active, ongoing, or recent contact with some component of a local criminal justice system; maintains an affiliation with one or more veterans treatment courts or other veteran-focused courts; and either routinely provides specialists, or establishes a VA-approved plan to provide specialists, to serve as part of a justice team in such a court. The VA shall prioritize the placement of specialists at eligible VA medical centers that have an affiliation with such a court that: (1) was established after the date of this bill's enactment, or (2) was established before such date and is not fully staffed with specialists.

Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018

Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2018-02-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2018-02-20	House	Received in the House.
2018-02-16	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2018-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
2018-02-15	Senate	S.Amdt.2042 Amendment SA 2042 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2018-02-15	Senate	S.Amdt.2042 Amendment SA 2042 proposed by Senator Alexander for Senator Flake. (consideration: CR S1190; text: CR S1190) In the nature of a substitute.
2018-02-15	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1190)
2018-02-15	Senate	Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2017-07-11	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-320.
2017-04-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2555-2556)

HB2147 (Same As) 2018-09-17 - Became Public Law No: 115-240.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/946/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s946/BILLS-115s946is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s946/BILLS-115s946es.pdf