3.0.0 1594 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z 2022-11-01T05:47:41Z Senate S 2019-05-22 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-22T17:25:16Z 2019-05-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2019-05-22 True Armed Forces and National Security Conflicts and wars Health care coverage and access Mental health Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-22T12:41:32Z Show Esteem and Respect for Veterans by Increasing Care and Equity Act or the SERVICE Act

This bill provides eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations. Specifically, combat veterans are eligible for such care regardless of (1) whether there is insufficient medical evidence to conclude such illness is service-connected, and (2) time limitations based on discharge or release from active military service.

]]> SERVICE Act Display Title SERVICE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SERVICE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Show Esteem and Respect for Veterans by Increasing Care and Equity Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1594is/xml/BILLS-116s1594is.xml 2019-05-22 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.