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Introduced Session

COVER Act Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery Act Establishes the Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission to examine the evidence-based therapy treatment model used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for treating mental health conditions of veterans and the potential benefits of incorporating complementary alternative treatments available in non-VA facilities and study the potential increase in claims relating to mental health issues submitted by veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn. Directs the VA, upon a report by the Commission, to submit: (1) an action plan for implementing recommendations and a time frame for implementing complementary alternative treatments, or (2) a justification for any determination that a recommendation is not appropriate and an alternative solution to improve the efficacy of the therapy model.

Committee Categories

Gus Bilirakis (R)*,  Diane Black (R),  Corrine Brown (D),  Vern Buchanan (R),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Mike Coffman (R),  Henry Cuellar (D),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Michael Fitzpatrick (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Lois Frankel (D),  Bob Goodlatte (R),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jeb Hensarling (R),  Bill Johnson (R),  David Jolly (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Ann Kuster (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Richard Nugent (R),  Steven Palazzo (R),  Stevan Pearce (R),  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R),  Dennis Ross (R),  Keith Rothfus (R),  Raul Ruiz (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Mark Takano (D),  Jackie Walorski (R),  Timothy Walz (D),  Ryan Zinke (R), 

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . (on 05/15/2015)

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