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    <introducedDate>2012-03-29</introducedDate>
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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CARNAHAN:H.R. 4315.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 1. ``All legislative Powers hereingranted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States,which shall consist of a Senate and a House ofRepresentatives.''[Page H1806]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act</title>
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        <title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war.</title>
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