Sgt. Jonathan Schulze Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 20, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sgt. Jonathan Schulze Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a requirement that members of the Armed Forces: (1) deploying to a combat theater receive a pre-deployment mental health evaluation conducted by a qualified mental health professional; and (2) returning from service of more than 30 days in a combat theater, or injured in a combat theater, receive a post-deployment combat stress evaluation conducted by a qualified mental health professional.
Directs the Secretary to implement a program designed to: (1) raise awareness about mental health issues that members may encounter during and after deployment; and (2) reduce the stigma associated with mental health care.
Directs the Secretary to develop a program to improve awareness of the availability of mental health services for, and warning signs about mental health problems in, dependents of members who served or will serve in a combat theater during the previous or next 60 days. Requires such program to include a toll-free number and informational website.
Directs the Secretary: (1) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding to improve the transition of mental health-related cases from the Department of Defense (DOD) to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) of Veterans Affairs to implement a pilot program to treat female victims of combat stress; (3) to create an information clearinghouse to improve the availability of information about mental health professionals who treat combat stress; and (4) to provide for the availability (for afour-year period) of mental health services under the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program) for reserve personnel who performed certain active duty (and their family members).
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2007 to May 5, 2008; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | May 7, 2007 |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | May 10, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | May 21, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 21, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 10, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Mar 3, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 5, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 7, 2007 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2007 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 7, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 11, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- May 11, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 7, 2007Introduced in House
- May 7, 2007Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H15451, H15452 | Jim Ramstad R-MN, Patrick J. Kennedy D-RI | Dec 13, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require pre- and post-deployment mental health screenings for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Sgt. Jonathan Schulze Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Clinics
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Disabled
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Iraq compilation
- Language and languages
- Medical tests
- Mental health
- Mental health services
- Military and naval offenses
- Military discharges
- Military medicine
- Military operations
- National Guard
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Stress (Psychology)
- Veterans' medical care
- War casualties
- Women
- Women soldiers
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 7, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
