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Support for Veterans After Trauma: New Specialists and Training

This law introduces changes aimed at better supporting veterans applying for benefits due to military sexual trauma. Veterans will be able to access peer support specialists who will undergo special training.
Key points
Veterans who experienced military sexual trauma will have access to peer support specialists.
Peer support specialists can provide counseling, guidance, and support, but will not evaluate benefit claims.
Veterans can choose to be referred to a military sexual trauma coordinator at the nearest facility.
Peer support specialists and military sexual trauma coordinators will receive annual training.
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Additional Information
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
Print number: S 4441
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Process start date: 2022-06-22