3.0.0 772 2023-01-11T13:19:25Z 2023-01-11T13:19:25Z Senate S S 2009-04-01 111 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-01T21:24:40Z Honor Act of 2009 111 3368 HR 2009-10-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Identical bill CRS 2009-04-01 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-04-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-04-01 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-04-01 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2009-04-01 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2009-04-01 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2009-04-01 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-04-01 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2009-04-01 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-04-01 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-04-21 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2009-05-21 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-06-23 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2009-08-03 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Defense Department of Veterans Affairs Health personnel Medical education Mental health Military medicine Military operations and strategy Neurological disorders Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-04-01 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-01T21:31:40Z Honor Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to provide scholarships for the pursuit of a graduate or postgraduate degree in behavioral health sciences to veterans who performed active-duty service in a theater of combat or during a contingency operation overseas. Requires the veteran, following completion of the degree requirements, to serve for an agreed-upon period with either the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or Department of Defense (DOD) furnishing mental health services to veterans or to members of the Armed Forces (members).

Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to employ and train former members who performed service described above as DOD psychiatric technicians and nurses providing mental health counseling and related services to members deployed to a combat zone.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon request, to provide: (1) referral and related assistance to former members not otherwise authorized for counseling through the VA; and (2) readjustment counseling and mental health services to former members through Vet Centers.

Requires the suicide of a former member with a medical history of a combat-related mental health condition, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or traumatic brain injury (TBI) that occurs within a two-year period after separation or retirement to be treated as a death in the line of active duty for purposes of eligibility for active-duty survivors' benefits provided through the VA.

Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, jointly and annually, to: (1) review and assess their respective programs for the reintegration of members and veterans into civilian life following their retirement, discharge, or release; and (2) report review and assessment results to Congress.

]]> Honor Act of 2009 Display Title Honor Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance benefits for survivors of certain former members of the Armed Forces with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, to enhance availability and access to mental health counseling for members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Honor Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s772is/xml/BILLS-111s772is.xml 2009-04-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.