S. 1881 · 115th Congress
Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017
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Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 28, 2017
Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make a veteran seeking mental health care in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) entity eligible for such care if the veteran provides a written statement (which may be sent electronically or made in person or by fax) that the veteran seeks mental health care from the VA and has not received timely and adequate mental health care through a VA facility or health care provider.
The VA shall give health professional hiring priority to those health professionals for which there is the greatest need, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health care providers.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017
Latest action (Sep 28, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 28, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.