3.0.0 2009 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z 2023-01-11T13:26:55Z Senate S S 2014-02-10 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-02-10T20:59:13Z Ensuring Veterans' Resiliency Act 113 2425 S 2014-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2014-02-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-02-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2014-02-10 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2014-02-12 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2014-04-29 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2014-05-12 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2014-05-20 False Armed Forces and National Security Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Alternative treatments Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Home and outpatient care Indian social and development programs Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medical education Mental health Military medicine Minority health Neurological disorders Public contracts and procurement Rural conditions and development Transportation costs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-02-10 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-13T15:14:16Z Rural Veterans Improvement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health care to veterans who have a mental health issue resulting from a health condition incurred or aggravated in the line of duty and who live in a rural area or highly rural area through shared health facilities or by contracting with or providing payments to mental health care providers that are not otherwise affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) if the Secretary makes specified determinations related to the lack of accessibility to or availability of recommended or requested care from the VA.

Requires the Secretary to report on the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine used by the VA in treating veterans with mental health conditions resulting from a health condition that was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) award grants of up to $100,000 to state veterans agencies, veterans service organizations, and/or tribal organizations to provide transportation to and from medical centers to veterans in rural and highly rural areas who would otherwise be eligible for reimbursement for or payment of travel expenses by the VA; and (2) carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing a housing allowance to health care providers of the VA who accept assignment at rural or highly rural community-based outpatient clinics.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program to train health care professionals for assignment at community-based outpatient clinics that predominantly serve veterans who live in rural and highly rural areas.

Requires the VA Secretary and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to jointly establish a program to encourage an individual who serves in the Armed Forces with a military occupational specialty relating to the provision of health care to seek employment with the Veterans Health Administration when the individual is discharged or released from service or is contemplating separating from such service.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a periodic assessment of community-based outpatient clinics in rural and highly rural areas to determine whether expansion and improvement of such clinics is feasible or advisable, and (2) report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site in each area in which the nearest such center or site is more than 300 miles away.

]]> Rural Veterans Improvement Act of 2014 Display Title Rural Veterans Improvement Act of 2014 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Veterans Improvement Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans in rural and highly rural areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2014-02-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2009is/xml/BILLS-113s2009is.xml 2014-02-10 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.