SERVE Act
Latest action · May 16, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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.
- IntroducedMay 15, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Eating disorders Recovery through Vital Expansion Act or the SERVE Act
This bill provides coverage of the treatment of eating disorders under the TRICARE program. The services include both inpatient and outpatient care and shall be furnished without regard to age of a military dependent or whether there is a primary diagnosis of the disorder.
As part of the process for referrals for mental health evaluations of members, the Department of Defense (DOD) shall encourage commanders and supervisory personnel to undertake mental health early identification training, to include recognition of warning signs and symptoms of an eating disorder.
DOD shall establish that a facility may receive expedited authorization to provide services if the facility is affiliated with an authorized TRICARE facility or provider and it only provides mental health services.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2019 to Dec 18, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | May 15, 2019 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jun 3, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Nov 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Nov 26, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Apr 28, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | May 13, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Aug 25, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Aug 25, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Aug 25, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Aug 25, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Nov 17, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 17, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Dec 3, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Dec 3, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Dec 3, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 3, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 3, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Dec 3, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Dec 18, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 15, 2019 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred May 16, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- May 15, 2019Introduced in House
- May 15, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 81, May 15, 2019, page H3842.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2673 | SERVE Act | Related bill | Oct 23, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for eating disorders treatment for members and certain former members of the uniformed services, and dependents of such members, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Supporting Eating disorders Recovery through Vital Expansion Act
- SERVE 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.
- May 15, 2019Introduced 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.
