3.0.0 3132 2023-01-11T13:33:16Z 2023-01-11T13:33:16Z Senate S 2016-07-06 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-06T19:02:05Z Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 114 4764 HR 2016-03-16 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 114 3051 S 2016-06-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2016-07-06 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-07-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-07-06 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2016-07-07 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2016-07-12 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2016-07-13 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-07-14 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2016-07-14 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2016-09-07 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2016-09-12 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2016-09-12 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2016-09-14 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2016-12-09 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Mammals Mental health Neurological disorders Service animals Veterans' medical care Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-07-06 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-23T22:20:14Z Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, to carry out a five-year pilot program under which the VA shall provide a service dog and veterinary health insurance to a veteran who:

  • is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder rated at a severity level of 3 or 4 on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5),
  • has completed an evidence-based treatment and remains significantly symptomatic,
  • served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001,
  • has not experienced satisfactory improvement in symptoms after being treated with evidence-based therapies.

The VA shall enter into contracts with appropriate providers that are certified by Assistance Dogs International or a similar organization for the procurement of service dogs and training of such dogs and their recipients.

The provision of a service dog shall be done in addition to other types of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and shall not replace established treatment modalities.

]]> Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 Display Title Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3132is/xml/BILLS-114s3132is.xml 2016-07-06 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.