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HR 2077 · in committee · significant

Helping Heroes Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the VA to establish a Veteran Family Resource Program to address health and wellness challenges in veterans' families.
  • Veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors of veterans are affected by this program.
  • The VA must appoint family coordinators in each regional health network and conduct surveys every five years to identify family needs.

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  1. 01

    What types of health and wellness challenges in veteran families does the bill aim to address, and how would family coordinators identify which services are most needed?

  2. 02

    How would the VA fund and staff these new family coordinator positions across all regional health networks, and what would be the estimated cost?

  3. 03

    What outcomes would indicate whether the Veteran Family Resource Program is successfully improving family health, and how would the five-year surveys measure progress?

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Sponsor · D-WA-3

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

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Introduced 2025-03-31

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-31 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  2. 2025-03-11 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  3. 2025-03-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-03-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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