Veterans and Survivors Behavioral Health Awareness Act
Latest action · Mar 25, 2010 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedJun 4, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans and Survivors Behavioral Health Awareness Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide scholarships to individuals pursuing education or training in behavioral health care specialties that are critical to the operations of Vet Centers (centers for readjustment counseling and related mental health services for veterans) in order to recruit and retain individuals with such specialties for service in Vet Centers. Conditions the scholarship on the recipient's agreeing to serve in such a capacity for whatever period the Secretary specifies in the agreement.
Directs the Secretary, on receipt of a request for counseling from an individual who has been discharged or released from active service, to: (1) provide referrals to assist the individual in obtaining mental health care and services outside the VA; and (2) if pertinent, advise such individual of the individual's rights to apply for review of the discharge or release.
Directs the Secretary to award grants to nonprofit organizations that provide emotional support services for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces and deceased veterans through the survivors' peers.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2009 to Sep 28, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jul 16, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 30, 2009 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Jul 30, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Sep 16, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Betsy Markey | Sep 29, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Eric J. J. Massa | Sep 29, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Sep 29, 2009 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Oct 13, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Oct 28, 2009 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | John H. Adler | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Steve Driehaus | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Nov 3, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Nov 4, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Nov 4, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Nov 4, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Nov 4, 2009 | |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Travis Childers | Nov 17, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Dec 1, 2009 | |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Dec 9, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Dec 9, 2009 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Dec 10, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Dec 15, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Dec 15, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Glenn C. Nye | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Jan 13, 2010 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jan 21, 2010 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Sep 28, 2010 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Sep 28, 2010 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 4, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 5, 2009Hearings Mar 25, 2010 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2010Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 5, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 4, 2009Introduced in House
- Jun 4, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jun 3, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2698)
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.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-831 | AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009: INVESTMENT IN HAWAII106 pages | Appropriations Committee | Jul 7, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-69 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 949, H.R. 1075, H.R. 2698, H.R. 2699, H.R. 2879, H.R. 3926, H.R. 4006, H.R. 84, AND THREE DISCUSSION DRAFTS75 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 25, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans and Survivors Behavioral Health Awareness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2009Introduced 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.
