HR8044119th Congress
Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act
Sponsored By: Representative Conaway
Introduced
Summary
Expand VA mental health care for incarcerated veterans. This bill would create a Department of Veterans Affairs pilot to deliver direct, prioritized mental health services inside at least five correctional facilities.
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- Incarcerated veterans with service-connected PTSD, traumatic brain injury, or military sexual trauma would get priority access and would not pay copayments.
- Care would rely on telemental health when a facility has the needed infrastructure. If telehealth is not available the VA would provide services through mobile VA teams or Vet Center units near the facility.
- The pilot requires direct care only from VA providers and would not use non-VA clinicians. Providers must focus on treatment and may not perform disability claims evaluations.
- The pilot must operate in at least five facilities that represent large and small, and urban and rural settings, and the VA must develop it in coordination with the agencies that run those facilities. Each selected site must already have separate housing units for veterans.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Conaway
NJ • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
TX • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
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