US Congress House Bill 421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum:
Status: Introduced on January 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-22 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Classified Veterans Access to Care Act Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: establish standards and procedures to ensure that a veteran who participated in a classified mission or served in a sensitive unit while in the Armed Forces may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information; disseminate guidance to employees of the Veterans Health Administration, including mental health professionals, on such standards and procedures and on how to best engage such veterans during the course of mental health treatment with respect to classified information; and ensure that an individual may elect to identify as such a veteran on an appropriate form.

Classified Veterans Access to Care Act

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-22	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2015-07-22	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-07-14	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2015-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-01-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-01-20	House	Introduced in House

SB2527 (Related) 2016-02-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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/421/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr421/BILLS-114hr421ih.pdf