# 119-s-3245: MIND Our Veterans Act of 2025

119-s-3245, MIND Our Veterans Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3245
- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3245
- Congress: 119
- Title: MIND Our Veterans Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Validated mental health screening** for service members leaving the military. This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs–Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee to update separation health assessments so PTSD, alcohol use, and violence risk screens are validated and to consider adding a substance use screen. - Transitioning members and families: Would strengthen pre-separation mental health screening to better identify PTSD, substance use, and violence risk before a service member leaves active duty. - Screening tools and clinicians: The Joint Executive Committee must validate or replace the PTSD, alcohol use, and violence risk screens and treat substance use screening as a mental health screen to be assessed for inclusion. - DoD operations and oversight: The Secretary of Defense, under guidance from the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, would have to fully implement the separation health assessment and the JEC must report to the armed services and veterans committees within 120 days explaining whether to include a substance use screen.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Improved mental health checks at separation: benefit, low. This bill would require the Department of Defense to finish the separation health assessment within 120 days of enactment. It would require the VA–DoD Joint Executive Committee to make sure the PTSD, alcohol use, and violence-risk screens are validated. The Committee would also assess adding a vali…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
- 119-s-4456: AI OVERWATCH Act
- 119-s-2654: Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025
- 119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3245 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3245)

## Related
- [119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4668)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3265: Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3265)
- [119-s-4456: AI OVERWATCH Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4456)
- [119-s-2654: Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2654)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3245 (as of 2026-04-21).