US Congress House Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-05-15 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

COVER Act Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery Act Establishes the Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission to examine the evidence-based therapy treatment model used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for treating mental health conditions of veterans and the potential benefits of incorporating complementary alternative treatments available in non-VA facilities and study the potential increase in claims relating to mental health issues submitted by veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn. Directs the VA, upon a report by the Commission, to submit: (1) an action plan for implementing recommendations and a time frame for implementing complementary alternative treatments, or (2) a justification for any determination that a recommendation is not appropriate and an alternative solution to improve the efficacy of the therapy model.

COVER Act Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery Act

Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-15	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
2015-05-15	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-04-23	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2015-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-01-12	House	Introduced in House

HB4063 (Related) 2016-05-11 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB5189 (Related) 2016-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
SB2921 (Related) 2016-05-16 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/271/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr271/BILLS-114hr271ih.pdf