,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjai,mr4  
,loebsack 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,stivers1  
,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,ms4 ,finkenauer1 ,mrs4  
,axne1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4 
,mc,caul1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1
 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 
,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4 ,katko1 
,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,cox of  
,california1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of          
,california1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,mr4       
,quigley1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1    
,mr4 ,gallego1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1
 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4     
,young1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 and 
,mr4 ,veasey7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to ensure that certain   
veterans receive in-patient psychiatric 
care provided by the ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,sgt4    

,brandon ,ketchum ,never ,again ,act4   
#b4 ,provision of in-patient psychiatric
 care for veterans  7a7 ,in general     
,chapter #ag of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after section #agbj;,i the following new
 section3  #agbj;,j4 ,provision of      
in-patient psychiatric care  7a7        
,requirement ,to furnish care ,except as
 provided by subsection 7b71 upon the   
request of a covered veteran1 the       
,secretary shall furnish1 or continue to
 furnish1 to the covered veteran        
in-patient psychiatric care at the      
facility of the ,department that-- 7#a7 
is closest to where the veteran resides2
 and  7#b7 has the capacity and         
capability to provide such care4  7b7   
,non-,department facilities  7#a7 ,if   
the ,secretary determines1 on a         
case-by-case basis1 that a facility of  
the ,department does not have the       
capability or capacity to furnish       
in-patient psychiatric care to a covered
 veteran pursuant to subsection 7a71 the

 ,secretary shall furnish such care to  
such veteran at a non-,department       
facility4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary shall   
determine the rates of payment for a    
non-,department facility that furnishes 
in-patient psychiatric care pursuant to 
paragraph 7#a7 in accordance with the   
rates paid by the ,united ,states under 
section #agjc7;i7 of this title4  7c7   
,covered veteran defined ,in this       
section1 the term covered veteran means 
a veteran who is--  7#a7 enrolled in the
 health care system established under   
section #agje7;a7 of this title2 and    
7#b7 entitled to in-patient psychiatric 
care furnished by the ,secretary under  
this chapter4  4  7b7 ,clerical         
amendment ,the table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to    
section #agbj;,i the following new item3
  #agbj;,j4 ,provision of in-patient    
psychiatric care4  4