# 114-hr-4080: Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

114-hr-4080, Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4080
- Congress: 114
- Title: Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2015-11-19
- Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 28
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act This bill makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during specified conflicts eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service. The conflicts specified include World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during any period of hostilities.

## Cosponsors (28)

- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- ROBERT BRADY (D-PA), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] (D-MA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- LOIS CAPPS (D-CA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2015-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- NITA LOWEY (D-NY), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
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- 114-hr-3185: Equality Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4080 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4080)

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- [114-hr-3185: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3185)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4080 (as of 2025-11-18).