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115-hr-5314115th Congress

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

Sponsored By: Representative Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]

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Summary

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act This bill makes veterans who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations 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.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]

PA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • WALTER JONES

    NC • R

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 3/15/2018

  • Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 4/11/2018

  • Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]

    IA • D

    Sponsored 4/11/2018

  • Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 5/8/2018

  • Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 9/13/2018

Roll Call Votes

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