H.R. 4345 · 115th Congress
Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2017
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Charlie Crist
- Introduced
- 2017-11-09
- Latest action
- 2017-12-13 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Summary
Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2017
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that veterans treatment courts are a successful program aimed at helping veterans charged with non-violent crimes receive the help and the benefits to which they are entitled.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) shall establish a Veteran Treatment Court Program to provide assistance to state circuit court systems that have adopted or filed a notice of intent to establish such a program.
The DOJ program shall include veterans treatment court grant programs carried out pursuant to laws establishing other incarceration alternatives programs.