HR 918 · 115th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act

Introduced 2017-02-07· Sponsored by Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2017-11-08)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish to former members of the Armed Forces: (1) an initial mental health assessment; and (2) the mental health care services required to treat the member's urgent mental health care needs, including risk of suicide or harming others. A former member of the Armed Forces is an individual who: served in the active military, naval, or air service, was discharged or released under a condition less than honorable (except a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge), has applied for a character of service determination that has not yet been made, and is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the VA health care system by reason of such discharge or release; or while serving in the Armed Forces, was deployed in a theater of combat operations or an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in that area, participated in or experienced such combat operations or hostilities, or was the victim of a physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment. The VA may provide such mental health care services at a non-VA facility if: (1) the receipt of mental h…

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Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 918, Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act

Sep 28, 2017

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017

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Cosponsors (20)

10 Democrats10 Republicans