3.0.0 2527 2023-01-11T13:32:00Z 2023-01-11T13:32:00Z Senate S 2016-02-10 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-10T16:30:16Z Veterans First Act 114 2921 S 2016-05-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467. Related bill CRS Classified Veterans Access to Care Act 114 421 HR 2015-07-22 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Related bill CRS 2016-02-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-02-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2016-02-10 True Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Veterans Affairs Health information and medical records Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Mental health Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-02-10 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-12T17:38:20Z Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that veterans who experience combat-related mental health wounds should have immediate and consistent access to comprehensive mental health care.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall:

  • establish standards and procedures to ensure that a veteran who participated in a classified mission or served in a sensitive unit while in the Armed Forces may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information;
  • disseminate guidance to employees of the Veterans Health Administration, including mental health professionals, on such standards and procedures and on how to best engage such veterans during the course of mental health treatment with respect to classified information; and
  • ensure that an individual may elect to identify as such a veteran on an appropriate form.
]]> Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act Display Title Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the mental health treatment provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served in classified missions. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act Introduced in Senate 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2527is/xml/BILLS-114s2527is.xml 2016-02-10 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.