H.R.2225: Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

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63 (34 Democrats, 29 Republicans)

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Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year pilot program to assess the effectiveness of addressing veterans' post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through the therapeutic medium of training service dogs for veterans with disabilities. The VA shall: seek to enter into contracts with non-government entities that are certified in the...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Sept. 26, 2017
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
April 28, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
April 28, 2017

Introduced in the House by Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)

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