3.0.0 1566 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z Senate S 2017-07-13 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-13T21:51:14Z 2017-07-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-07-13 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2017-07-13 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2017-07-13 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-07-13 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-07-13 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-07-13 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Mental health Military medicine Military operations and strategy National Guard and reserves Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-19T21:04:14Z Care And Readiness Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2017 or the CARE for Reservists Act of 2017

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide counseling without referral, which may include a comprehensive individual assessment, to any member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who has a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma. Outpatient services shall also be available to such reservists.

The VA shall evaluate current and future workloads to determine whether more Vet Centers, including mobile Vet Centers, are needed to handle an expansion of services resulting from such increased eligibility. If a Vet Center's workload treating members of the Armed Forces exceeds its workload treating veterans, the VA shall enter into discussions with the Department of Defense (DOD) to determine whether a reimbursable memorandum of understanding between the VA and DOD for the center's services is warranted.

The VA may furnish mental health services to such reservists.

Such reservists are included in the VA programs of: (1) comprehensive suicide prevention, and (2) mental health treatment for veterans who served in classified missions.

]]> CARE for Reservists Act of 2017 Display Title CARE for Reservists Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for mental health services from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced CARE for Reservists Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Care And Readiness Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1566is/xml/BILLS-115s1566is.xml 2017-07-13 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.