1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017 . 2. Expansion of eligibility of certain veterans seeking mental health care for health care from non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities (a) In general Section 101(b)(2) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)(dd), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) provides a statement in writing that the veteran seeks mental health care from the Department and has not received timely and adequate mental health care through a facility or health care provider of the Department. . (b) Submission of statement in writing (1) In general In providing for a statement in writing under subparagraph (E) of section 101(b)(2) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note), as added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop procedures for the submission by veterans of such statement— (A) electronically, through the primary Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs that is available to the public