US Congress House Bill 5648 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 6 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2016 This bill allows an individual who has been diagnosed with a mental health condition and who is transitioning from receiving treatment from the Department of Defense to receiving treatment from in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to elect to continue receiving treatment from such individual's DOD mental health provider. Such individual shall receive the same level of priority as members of the Armed Forces at the facility at which the individual has elected to continue treatment. The VA shall reimburse DOD for rendered services that otherwise would have been furnished by the VA. If the DOD mental health care provider departs the facility at which the covered individual is receiving treatment, such individual may elect to obtain the services of: (1) a different mental health care provider at the same facility, or (2) a VA mental health care provider.

Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2016

Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]

Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2016-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2016-07-06	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2016-07-06	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2016-07-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-07-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5648/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5648/BILLS-114hr5648ih.pdf