U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10160: Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 7, 2026
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve mental health care for veterans through the establishment of a minimum requirement for the number of Vet Centers per State.
What the bill says
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve mental health care for veterans through the establishment of a minimum requirement for the number of Vet Centers per State.
From the introduced text, August 27, 2026:
A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve mental health care for veterans through the establishment of a minimum requirement for the number of Vet Centers per State. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Census-Enabled National Treatment Equitable Resource Supplement for Mental Health Act of 2026 or the Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Minimum requirement for number of Vet Centers per State (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that, by not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the number of covered Vet Centers located in each State is at least the minimum required number described in subsection (b) with respect to that State. (b) Minimum required number The minimum required number described in this subsection is the following: (1) With respect to each State that is one of the several States not located in the contiguous United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States that is not one of the several States, the greater of the following: (A) One covered Vet Center per State. (B) The total number of covered Vet Centers that were located in the State on January 1, 2020. …
Sponsors
- Thomas Kean (R, HD-007) · primary sponsor
- Kim Schrier (D, HD-008)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R, HD-001)
- Sean Casten (D, HD-006)
- Steve Cohen (D, HD-009)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- : Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB10160?
- HB10160 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Vet CENTERS for Mental Health Act of 2026.
- What does HB10160 do?
- In its own words: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve mental health care for veterans through the establishment of a minimum requirement for the number of Vet Centers per State.
- What is the status of HB10160?
- In committee as of September 7, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (September 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10160?
- Thomas Kean (R, HD-007), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10160?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10160
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