3.0.0 2276 2023-01-11T13:26:23Z 2023-01-11T13:26:23Z Senate S S 2014-05-01 113 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-01T14:22:16Z Caring for America's Heroes Act 113 4656 HR 2014-06-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2014-05-01 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2014-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2014-05-01 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2014-05-01 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2014-05-01 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2014-05-08 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2014-05-20 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2014-05-20 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2014-05-22 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Hospital care Mental health Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-12T13:55:52Z Caring for America's Heroes Act - Eliminates the limit on the number of days each year inpatient mental health services may be provided to military dependents under the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program (a DOD managed care program).

Eliminates the need for TRICARE Standard beneficiaries to obtain: (1) a nonavailability statement or preauthorization to receive mental health services from a civilian provider, or (2) a nonavailability statement to receive mental health services in specialized treatment facilities outside the 200-mile radius of a military medical treatment facility.

]]> Caring for America's Heroes Act Display Title Caring for America's Heroes Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve access to mental health services under the TRICARE program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Caring for America's Heroes Act Introduced in Senate 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2276is/xml/BILLS-113s2276is.xml 2014-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.