3.0.0 2548 2023-01-11T13:39:59Z 2023-01-11T13:39:59Z Senate S 2018-03-14 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-14T20:48:43Z Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act 115 918 HR 2017-11-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-03-14 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2018-03-14 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2018-03-14 True Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-03T19:06:25Z Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish to former members of the Armed Forces or the reserve components: (1) an initial mental health assessment; and (2) the mental health care services required to treat the member's urgent mental health care needs, including risk of suicide or harming others.

A former member of the Armed Forces is an individual who:

  • served in the active military, naval, or air service, was discharged or released under a condition that is not honorable (except a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge), has applied for a character of service determination that has not yet been made, and is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the VA health care system by reason of such discharge or release; or
  • while serving in the Armed Forces, was deployed in a theater of combat operations or an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in that area, participated in or experienced such combat operations or hostilities, or was the victim of a physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment.

The VA may provide such mental health care services at a non-VA facility under specifed circumstances.

]]> Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act Display Title Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish mental health care to certain former members of the Armed Forces who are not otherwise eligible to receive such care, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act Introduced in Senate 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2548is/xml/BILLS-115s2548is.xml 2018-03-14 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.