This bill aims to help veterans by establishing a system that provides them with information about mental health care after experiencing stressful events. It ensures that veterans know what resources are available to support their mental well-being.
Be Ready to Assist Veterans in Extremis Act or the BRAVE Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a patient outreach system under which it must ensure that veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system and have experienced a traumatic or highly stressful event may elect to receive information and resources relating to mental health and available mental health care services. The VA must coordinate the system with the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.
1. This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a system for reaching out to veterans. 2. Veterans who have faced traumatic events can choose to receive information about mental health services. 3. The outreach system will be set up within two years of the bill becoming law. 4. The Department of Veterans Affairs will coordinate this system with the Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program.
Veterans who have experienced traumatic events and are enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system.