3.0.0 542 2022-02-03T05:17:38Z 2022-02-03T05:17:38Z House H HR 2007-01-17 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-04-26T14:55:46Z Referred to 2007-03-02T14:33:29Z Referred to 2007-01-17T15:04:00Z 2007-04-26 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-03-02 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-01-17 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-01-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001153 Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] HILDA SOLIS D CA L. 32 N G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2007-01-31 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2007-01-31 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2007-01-31 False R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 2007-01-31 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2007-01-31 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2007-02-08 False B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2007-08-02 False B000287 Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31] XAVIER BECERRA D CA 31 2007-08-02 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2007-08-02 False C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2007-08-02 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2007-08-02 False G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2007-08-02 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2007-08-02 False H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2007-08-02 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2007-08-02 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 2007-08-02 False O000107 Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] SOLOMON ORTIZ D TX P. 27 2007-08-02 False P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2007-08-02 False R000568 Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23] CIRO RODRIGUEZ D TX D. 23 2007-08-02 False R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 34 2007-08-02 False S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 16 2007-08-02 False S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] Albio Sires D NJ 13 2007-08-02 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-09-10 False B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2007-09-17 False H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2007-10-16 False C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2007-11-06 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-05-06 False Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Department of Veterans Affairs Employee training Families Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Labor and Employment Language and languages Mental health services Minorities Psychotherapy Racial discrimination Recruiting of employees Social Welfare Survivors' benefits Translating and interpreting Veterans' benefits Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-01-17 Introduced in House 2007-02-22T21:48:47Z Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in providing counseling and other mental health services to a veteran who has limited proficiency in English, to ensure that such services are available in both English and a language in which that veteran is proficient, if requested by the veteran.

Requires the Secretary to implement a system by which persons with limited English proficiency can access services provided by the Department of Veterans consistent with, and without unduly burdening, the Department's fundamental mission.

Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees on the implementation by the Department's Veterans Health Administration of a specified directive to implement prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of national origin for persons with limited English proficiency in federally-conducted programs and activities and in federal financial-assisted programs.

]]> To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes. Display Title To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-01-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr542ih/xml/BILLS-110hr542ih.xml 2007-04-26 Subcommittee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.