HR 4315 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

Introduced Mar 29, 2012 Originated House Sponsor Russ Carnahan D-MO

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 10, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 29, 2012
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2012 to Aug 1, 2012, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-CAJanice HahnOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-PAJason AltmireOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-CALaura RichardsonOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-CALois CappsOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-OHTim RyanOriginalMar 29, 2012
D-PAMark S. CritzApr 16, 2012
D-CABarbara LeeApr 17, 2012
D-MAJohn W. OlverApr 18, 2012
D-CAFortney Pete StarkApr 19, 2012
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 10, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 29, 2012Introduced in House
  3. Mar 29, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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  1. Mar 29, 2012Introduced in House

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