3.0.0 3210 2022-02-08T23:22:53Z 2022-02-08T23:22:53Z Senate S 2020-01-16 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-01-16T16:59:44Z Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 116 785 S 2020-10-17 Became Public Law No: 116-171. Related bill CRS VA Serious Mental Illness Act 116 8108 HR 2020-09-10 Committee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2020-01-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-01-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2020-01-16 True Armed Forces and National Security Drug therapy Government studies and investigations Medical research Mental health Military medicine Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-27T12:43:47Z Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete the development of a clinical practice guideline or guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Under the bill, such guidelines must address the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and persistent mood disorder (including bipolar disorder I and II).

The VA must establish the Serious Mental Illness Work Group with the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop such clinical practice guideline or guidelines.

Finally, the VA must complete an assessment of the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive Disorders to determine if an update is necessary.

]]> Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020 Display Title Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to develop a clinical practice guideline or guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3210is/xml/BILLS-116s3210is.xml 2020-01-16 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.