Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act

After our men and women in uniform return home from the battlefield, we must provide them with the necessary mental health resources they need to seamlessly transition back into day-to-day life seamlessly. It is a heartbreaking reality that nearly seventeen veterans take their own lives every single day, which is why I joined my fellow Texan Congressman Morgan Luttrell (TX-08) in introducing the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act.

This legislation would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to nonprofit organizations to assist with programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans. The legislation includes training for the service dog and also extends the availability of this program to other veteran disabilities such as blindness, deafness, TBI, and PTSD. 

Read more about the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act at the link here.