US Congress House Bill 1725 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 94-1-1)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act - Makes any veteran who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during 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 a period of hostilities, eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for any mental illness through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), notwithstanding insufficient medical evidence to conclude that the mental illness is attributable to such service.

Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-04-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB4574 (Related) 2014-07-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1725/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1725/BILLS-113hr1725ih.pdf