US HB438

Secretary of Veterans Affairs must establish a grant program to fund peer-to-peer mental health programs for veterans, with individual grants capped at $250,000

Eligible grant recipients include nonprofit organizations serving veterans' mental health, congressionally chartered veteran service organizations, and State/local/Tribal veteran service agencies

Grant funds must be used to hire veterans as peer specialists for group and individual meetings, provide 24/7 mental health support, and hire program staff

Secretary must establish an advisory committee to create program standards covering training for peer volunteers, staffing needs, and best practices

$25,000,000 authorized for appropriation over a 3-year period, with prohibition on requiring grantees to maintain or report personally identifying information about veterans served