A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to boost funding for a fledgling VA treatment program that seeks to pair service dogs with military veterans suffering from PTSD and other disorders.
The proposed Service Dogs Assisting Veterans, or SAVES, Act — introduced by Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) — would award grants to organizations involved in programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans.
The bill builds on the 2021 Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy, or PAWS Act, which created a pilot program at five Department of Veteran Affairs-run medical ...
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