I'm Just a Bill: Veteran Crisis Line Expansion Act
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Veteran Crisis Line Expansion Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Expansion of the Veterans Crisis Line program in the 119th Congress, addressing capacity, response time, and integration with the broader 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. What does it actually do? Staffing: Increases counselor staffing for the Veterans Crisis Line (Press 1 from 988). Wait time: Sets statutory maximum wait time for veteran callers. Follow-up: Funds structured follow-up protocols for veterans who reach crisis services. Peer-support: Expands peer-support specialist availability (veterans helping veterans). Family services: Adds family-member-of-veteran callers to qualifying-caller categories. Who votes when? House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees active consideration. How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with the cooperative’s veteran-Crown anchors on Initiative #15 (Mark Wahlberg, John Cena, Gary Sinise — the Lt. Dan Band founder, Sam Elliott, Tom Hanks). Crisis Line capacity directly affects veteran members of the cooperative. ...