Veterans' Mental Health Care Access Act

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R MacArthurSponsor

25 cosponsors · 4 D, 21 R

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make a veteran eligible for mental health care at a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility regardless of:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 25, 2015

Veterans' Mental Health Care Access Act

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make a veteran eligible for mental health care at a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility regardless of:

the date on which the veteran enrolled in the VA health care system,
whether the veteran has attempted to schedule an appointment for such care at a VA facility, or
the location of the veteran's residence.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veterans' Mental Health Care Access Act

Latest action (Apr 7, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 25, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.