House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans Mental Health Crisis Referral Enhancement Act of 2025
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs refers veterans experiencing mental health crises to approved non-Department mental health care providers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Vern Buchanan R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1290.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H710):Article 1, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1290, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1290
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 13, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 13, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
- H.R. 4313 (119th) Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act
- H.R. 5347 (119th) Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act
- H.R. 139 (119th) Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 919 (119th) Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act
- H.R. 6130 (119th) ASAP Act
- H.R. 9501 (119th) AI Tax Integrity Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.