US Congress Senate Bill 3132 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 6 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, to carry out a five-year pilot program under which the VA shall provide a service dog and veterinary health insurance to a veteran who: is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder rated at a severity level of 3 or 4 on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5), has completed an evidence-based treatment and remains significantly symptomatic, served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, has not experienced satisfactory improvement in symptoms after being treated with evidence-based therapies. The VA shall enter into contracts with appropriate providers that are certified by Assistance Dogs International or a similar organization for the procurement of service dogs and training of such dogs and their recipients. The provision of a service dog shall be done in addition to other types of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and shall not replace established treatment modalities.

Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016

Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3132/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s3132/BILLS-114s3132is.pdf