3.0.0 4182 2022-11-01T13:50:10Z 2022-11-01T13:50:10Z House HR 2019-08-09 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 134 (Friday, August 9, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WATERS:H.R. 4182.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution andArticle 1, Section 9, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H7496]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-08-22T21:20:49Z Referred to 2019-08-09T15:01:10Z 2019-08-22 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-08-09 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-08-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-08-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] MAXINE WATERS D CA 43 N G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2019-08-09 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2019-08-09 True S001157 Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] David Scott D GA 13 2019-08-09 True C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2019-08-09 True G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 2019-08-09 True L000591 Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] Elaine Luria D VA G. 2 2019-08-20 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2019-10-04 False C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] Kathy Castor D FL 14 2019-10-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Education programs funding Employee hiring Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Higher education Mental health Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-08-09 Introduced in House 2021-11-16T12:20:18Z Women Veterans Support Act

This bill implements programs and studies to improve mental health care for veterans, with a focus on women veterans.

Specifically, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must enter into an agreement with an independent entity to conduct a study on suicide by women veterans.

The bill requires the VA to perform outreach on a national, regional, and local scale to prevent suicide by women veterans.

The VA must establish a five-year grant program for certain nonprofit organizations to provide specified services to women veterans. Such services include, but are not limited to, mental health support services and financial counseling services.

The bill requires the VA to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide or coordinate the provision of specified mental health supportive services for a veteran with a mental health condition who is seeking mental health treatment. Such entities must apply, and the VA shall provide training and technical assistance to entities regarding the planning, development, and provision of such services. For purposes of this financial assistance program, eligible entities include tribally designated housing entities and certain private entities (e.g., incorporated private institutions).

The bill authorizes the VA to collect information from a participating entity relating to a mental health condition of a veteran for inclusion in the electronic health record of the VA in order to improve care provided to such veteran.

The bill requires the VA to implement, with a specified framework, the Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Counseling Service Scholarship Program.

]]> Women Veterans Support Act Display Title Women Veterans Support Act Official Title as Introduced To improve the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent suicide by women veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Women Veterans Support Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4182ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4182ih.xml 2019-08-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.