U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10555: VETS Access Act
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide care, treatment, and rehabilitative services to veterans suffering from serious mental illness and veterans who are homeless, regardless of whether such veteran is eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide care, treatment, and rehabilitative services to veterans suffering from serious mental illness and veterans who are homeless, regardless of whether such veteran is eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide care, treatment, and rehabilitative services to veterans suffering from serious mental illness and veterans who are homeless, regardless of whether such veteran is eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Emergency Treatment and Shelter Access Act or the VETS Access Act . SECTION 2. Eligibility for treatment of veterans suffering from serious mental illness and veterans who are homeless (a) Eligibility Section 2031 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of section 1710 of this title, the Secretary may provide care, treatment, and rehabilitative services (directly or by contract in community-based treatment facilities, including halfway houses) to veterans suffering from serious mental illness and veterans who are homeless, regardless of whether such veteran is eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care under such section. . (b) Applicable definition of veteran Section 2002(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting 2031, after 2013, . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the …
Sponsors
- Jared Golden (D, HD-002) · primary sponsor
- Michael Lawler (R, HD-017)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- : Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB10555?
- HB10555 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): VETS Access Act.
- What does HB10555 do?
- In its own words: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide care, treatment, and rehabilitative services to veterans suffering from serious mental illness and veterans who are homeless, regardless of whether such veteran is eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10555?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10555?
- Jared Golden (D, HD-002), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB10555?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10555
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