3.0.0 1881 2023-01-11T13:38:32Z 2023-01-11T13:38:32Z Senate S 2017-09-28 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-28T14:33:57Z 2017-09-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2017-09-28 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-09-28 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-09-28 True Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-08T22:34:17Z Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make a veteran seeking mental health care in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) entity eligible for such care if the veteran provides a written statement (which may be sent electronically or made in person or by fax) that the veteran seeks mental health care from the VA and has not received timely and adequate mental health care through a VA facility or health care provider.

The VA shall give health professional hiring priority to those health professionals for which there is the greatest need, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health care providers.

]]> Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017 Display Title Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand eligibility for health care under the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include certain veterans seeking mental health care, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1881is/xml/BILLS-115s1881is.xml 2017-09-28 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.