Bill > HR2629

Introduced Session

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for mental health services from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide counseling without referral to any member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who has a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma. Such counseling may include a comprehensive individual assessment, and outpatient services shall also be available. The bill authorizes the VA to furnish mental health services to reservists. The bill also expands specified VA programs to include reservists for the provision of (1) comprehensive suicide prevention, and (2) mental health treatment for veterans who served in classified missions.

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Anthony Brindisi (D)*,  Sanford Bishop (D),  Ed Case (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Kendra Horn (D),  John Katko (R),  Conor Lamb (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),  Mark Meadows (R),  Joe Morelle (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Tom O'Halleran (D),  Chris Pappas (D),  Guy Reschenthaler (R),  Terri Sewell (D),  Jeff Van Drew (R),  Filemón Vela (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 05/29/2019)

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