Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008
Latest action · May 21, 2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 15, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008 - Requires each substance use disorder treatment plan developed by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center to ensure that such center provides ready access to a full continuum of care for substance use disorders for veterans in need of such care. Includes under a full continuum of care: (1) screening for substance use disorder; (2) detoxification and stabilization; (3) intensive outpatient care; (4) relapse prevention; (5) outpatient counseling; (6) residential substance use disorder treatment; (7) pharmacological treatment to reduce cravings and opioid substitution therapy; (8) coordination with groups providing peer-to-peer counseling; (9) short-term, early interventions for substance use disorders; and (10) marital and family counseling. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide outreach to veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom to increase awareness of the availability of such care.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that amounts made available to the VA for substance use disorder care, treatment, and services are allocated to ensure a full continuum of such care to veterans regardless of the location of their residence; and (2) include in annual budget reports a report on such care, treatment, and services. Requires: (1) each such report to be reviewed by the Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans; and (2) the Committee to provide an independent assessment of such care, treatment, and services furnished directly by the VA to veterans.
Directs the Secretary to carry out a two-year pilot program to test the feasibility and advisability of providing veterans who seek treatment for substance use disorders with access to a computer-based self-assessment, education, and specific treatment program through a secure Internet website operated by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a pilot program report from the Secretary to Congress.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a review of all residential mental health care facilities, including domiciliary facilities, of the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) report review results to the congressional veterans' committees.
States that this Act is in tribute to Justin Bailey, who, after returning to the United States from service in Operation Iraqi Freedom, died in a VA domiciliary facility while receiving care for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a substance use disorder.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2008 to Apr 30, 2008; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Apr 22, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Apr 23, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Apr 30, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2008Hearings Apr 15, 2008Markup Apr 30, 2008Reported May 15, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2008Hearings Apr 15, 2008Markup Apr 23, 2008Reported Apr 23, 2008 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 21, 2008 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 20, 2008Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 20, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4193-4196)
- May 20, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5554.
- May 20, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4193-4194)
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1056 | Betty McCollum D-MN | May 23, 2008 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1002 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 21, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4193–H4196Text printed H4193 | Bob Filner D-CA, Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Michael H. Michaud D-ME, Shelley Berkley D-NV, Steve Buyer R-IN | May 20, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 12, 2008H.R. 5554, Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>
- May 12, 2008H.R. 5554, Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-95 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON VETERANS HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION37 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-82 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2818, H.R. 5554, H.R. 5595, H.R. 5622, H.R. 5729, AND H.R. 573061 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-75 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE /COMORBID DISORDERS: COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS TO A COMPLEX PROBLEM67 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 11, 2008 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs for substance use disorders, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Afghanistan
- Ambulatory care
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional tributes
- Continuum of care
- Counseling
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Drug addiction
- Drug therapy
- Families
- Health
- Internet
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Marriage counseling
- Medical screening
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military operations
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- South Asia
- Telemedicine
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
- Web sites
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2008Referred in Senate
- May 20, 2008Engrossed in House
- May 15, 2008Reported in House
- Mar 6, 2008Introduced 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.
