Bill > HR4809

This bill, the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act (SAVES Act), directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program for providing service dogs to eligible veterans. The program would award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to assist them in carrying out programs that provide service dogs to veterans with certain disabilities, including blindness, mobility issues, hearing loss, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and military sexual trauma. The bill sets conditions for the grants, such as requiring equal access for women veterans and evaluations of the program's effectiveness. The maximum grant amount per organization is $2 million, and the bill authorizes $10 million in annual funding for the program from 2024 to 2028.

Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4809/all-info