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Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act
Sponsored By: Representative Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
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Summary
Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish to former members of the Armed Forces: (1) an initial mental health assessment; and (2) the mental health care services required to treat the member's urgent mental health care needs, including risk of suicide or harming others. A former member of the Armed Forces is an individual who: served in the active military, naval, or air service, was discharged or released under a condition less than honorable (except a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge), has applied for a character of service determination that has not yet been made, and is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the VA health care system by reason of such discharge or release; or while serving in the Armed Forces, was deployed in a theater of combat operations or an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in that area, participated in or experienced such combat operations or hostilities, or was the victim of a physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment. The VA may provide such mental health care services at a non-VA facility if: (1) the receipt of mental health care services by an individual in VA facilities would be clinically inadvisable, or (2) VA facilities are not capable of furnishing such mental health care services to that individual economically because of geographical inaccessibility. The VA shall seek to enter into a contract with an independent nongovernmental entity to study the effect combat service has had on suicide rates and serious mental health issues among veterans.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
CO • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
WA • D
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
PA • R
Sponsored 2/7/2017
WALTER JONES
NC • R
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
KS • R
Sponsored 2/7/2017
PETER KING
NY • R
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 2/15/2017
Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 3/9/2017
Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 7/25/2017
Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3]
CO • R
Sponsored 7/27/2017
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/18/2017
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
TN • D
Sponsored 9/26/2017
Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
FL • D
Sponsored 10/24/2017
Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 11/6/2017
Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/6/2017
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
PA • R
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
MI • R
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 2/7/2017
Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
AS • R
Sponsored 2/7/2017
ED ROYCE
CA • R
Sponsored 3/6/2017
Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
CT • D
Sponsored 3/15/2017
Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
MA • D
Sponsored 3/16/2017
Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
FL • R
Sponsored 3/22/2017
Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]
FL • R
Sponsored 3/23/2017
Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
IA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2017
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Sponsored 3/29/2017
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/20/2017
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 4/20/2017
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/20/2017
Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 4/26/2017
Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 5/11/2017
Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
MA • D
Sponsored 5/25/2017
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 7/3/2017
Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
FL • R
Sponsored 7/19/2017
Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/19/2017
Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
IN • R
Sponsored 7/24/2017
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 9/6/2017
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