Congress 114 - HR 2915 - Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

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Armed Forces and National Security Health promotion and preventive care Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Mental health Military education and training Military operations and strategy Veterans' medical care Women's health

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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 3, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify: (1) VA mental health care and suicide prevention programs that are most effective for women veterans, and (2) those programs with the highest satisfaction rates among women veterans.

(Sec. 3) It is the sense of Congress that veterans who experience combat-related mental health wounds should have immediate and consistent access to comprehensive mental health care.

The VA shall:

establish standards and procedures to ensure that each covered veteran may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information; and
disseminate guidance to Veterans Health Administration employees, including mental health professionals, regarding these standards and procedures.

"Covered veteran" means a veteran who: (1) is enrolled in the VA health care system; (2) is seeking mental health treatment; and (3) in the course of serving in the Armed Forces participated in a sensitive (classified) mission or served in a sensitive unit primarily involved in training for the conduct of, or conducting, special activities or classified missions.

Actions

Feb 10, 2016

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 9, 2016

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Feb 9, 2016

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 9, 2016

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H630)
Feb 9, 2016

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H630)
Feb 9, 2016

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2915.
Feb 9, 2016

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H630-633)
Feb 9, 2016

Mr. Abraham moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 3, 2015

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 278.
Dec 3, 2015

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-365.
Sep 17, 2015

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 17, 2015

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 22, 2015

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Jul 22, 2015

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 14, 2015

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 10, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 25, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 25, 2015

Introduced in House

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