S. 2786/H.R. 5321 – Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021, introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)/ Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) on September 21, 2021. This bill is to To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address the inappropriate or unlawful denial by the Department of Veterans Affairs of benefits and services for former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service under conditions characterized as neither dishonorable nor honorable, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2786/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22veteran+suicide%22%2C%22veteran%22%2C%22suicide%22%5D%7D&r=45&s=1 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5321/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22veteran+suicide%22%2C%22veteran%22%2C%22suicide%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=46&overview=open#content
H.R. 3601 – Fully Informed Veteran Act of 2021, introduced by Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA-17) on May 28, 2021. This bill is to authorize physicians and other health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide information regarding State-approved marijuana programs to veterans, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3601/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22fully+informed+veteran%22%2C%22fully%22%2C%22informed%22%2C%22veteran%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=1
H.R. 2588/S. 1183 – Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) & Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) on April 15, 2021. This bill is to allow veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical marijuana with a physician of the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for other purposes. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2588/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1183/text