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This bill, known as the BRAVE Act of 2025 (Building Resources and Access for Veterans' Mental Health Engagement Act), is a comprehensive legislative effort to improve mental health services for veterans across multiple dimensions. The bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct several studies and implement changes, including a market pay survey for mental health professionals in the Readjustment Counseling Service to address potential staffing challenges, modifications to hiring qualifications for psychologists and mental health counselors, and improvements to Vet Center infrastructure and technology. It includes specific provisions focused on women veterans, such as a study on the effectiveness of suicide prevention and mental health outreach programs, and modifications to the REACH VET program to incorporate risk factors specific to women veterans. The bill also extends the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, increases its funding, and creates a pilot program to improve mental health residential treatment for veterans with spinal cord injuries. Additionally, the legislation mandates annual mental health consultations for veterans receiving compensation for mental health-related disabilities and requires a joint report from the VA and Department of Defense on improving mental health services for transitioning service members, with a focus on identifying and addressing service gaps and duplicative efforts.

Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6024/all-info