S. 2527 · 114th Congress
Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
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Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 10, 2016
Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that veterans who experience combat-related mental health wounds should have immediate and consistent access to comprehensive mental health care.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall:
- establish standards and procedures to ensure that a veteran who participated in a classified mission or served in a sensitive unit while in the Armed Forces may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information;
- disseminate guidance to employees of the Veterans Health Administration, including mental health professionals, on such standards and procedures and on how to best engage such veterans during the course of mental health treatment with respect to classified information; and
- ensure that an individual may elect to identify as such a veteran on an appropriate form.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
Latest action (Feb 10, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 10, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.