HR 3499 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act

Introduced Nov 14, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 25, 2013 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. IntroducedNov 14, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act - Amends appropriations authorities for veterans' benefits to provide advanced appropriations for information technology relating to medical services, support, compliance, and facilities of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include, as a component of VHA health-care personnel education and training programs, education and training of marriage and family therapists as well as licensed professional mental health counselors.

Amends the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 to require the Secretary, through VA medical centers, to provide mental health services, including outpatient care, to the immediate families of certain veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regarding telemedicine services (the use by a health care provider of telecommunications to assist in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient's medical condition) for veterans, including updates on VA teleconsultation and telemedicine initiatives, training, and partnerships with primary care providers.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 14, 2013 to Jul 31, 2014, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-AZRon BarberOriginalNov 14, 2013
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalNov 14, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 25, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Nov 14, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Nov 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1155Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement ActIdentical billOct 30, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Nov 14, 2013Introduced in House

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