US Congress House Bill 4080 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act This bill makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during specified conflicts eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs, notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service. The conflicts specified include World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, or any other period of war after the Persian Gulf War, or in combat against a hostile force during any period of hostilities.

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-11-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-11-19	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4080/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4080/BILLS-114hr4080ih.pdf