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Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire at least 50 Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists under the Veterans Justice Outreach Program. Each of these specialists must serve as part of a justice team in a veterans treatment court or other veteran-focused court. A specialist hired under this bill must be placed at a VA medical center that: complies with VA guidelines for specialist placement, works within a local criminal justice system with justice-involved veterans, maintains an affiliation with one or more veterans treatment courts or other veteran-focused courts, and provides specialists or establishes a VA-approved plan to provide specialists to serve as part of a justice team. The VA shall prioritize the placement of these specialists at medical centers that have an affiliation with a court that was established after this bill's enactment or is not fully staffed with specialists. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Veterans Justice Outreach Program.

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Mike Coffman (R)*,  Jim Banks (R),  Mike Bishop (R),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  André Carson (D),  Doug Collins (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Lou Correa (D),  Ryan Costello (R),  Charlie Crist (D),  Susan Davis (D),  Jeff Denham (R),  Jenniffer González (R),  Brian Higgins (D),  Clay Higgins (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Dave Joyce (R),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Conor Lamb (D),  John Larson (D),  Thomas MacArthur (R),  Donald McEachin (D),  Patrick Meehan (R),  Gwen Moore (D),  Stephanie Murphy (D),  Donald Norcross (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Collin Peterson (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Bruce Poliquin (R),  Jared Polis (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  John Rutherford (R),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Steve Stivers (R),  Mark Takano (D),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Mike Thompson (D),  Scott Tipton (R),  Mike Turner (R),  Jackie Walorski (R), 

Became Public Law No: 115-240. (on 09/17/2018)

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