US Congress House Bill 667 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-5)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Heroes at Home Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a program on training and certification of family caregivers of veterans and members with traumatic brain injury (TBI); and (2) conduct outreach to enhance awareness of veterans and the public about the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and TBI and the services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with such symptoms. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to jointly: (1) establish a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and advisability of using telehealth technology to assess cognitive functioning of members who have sustained head trauma in order to improve their diagnosis and treatment; and (2) conduct an ongoing study of all matters relating to the telehealth and telemental health services of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

Heroes at Home Act of 2009

Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-06		Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2009-01-30		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-01-23		Referred to House Armed Services
2009-01-23		Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2009-01-23		Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/667/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr667/BILLS-111hr667ih.pdf