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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Feb 9, 2016
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 3, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify: (1) VA mental health care and suicide prevention programs that are most effective for women veterans, and (2) those programs with the highest satisfaction rates among women veterans.
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(Sec. 3) It is the sense of Congress that veterans who experience combat-related mental health wounds should have immediate and consistent access to comprehensive mental health care.
The VA shall:
establish standards and procedures to ensure that each covered veteran may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information; and
disseminate guidance to Veterans Health Administration employees, including mental health professionals, regarding these standards and procedures.
"Covered veteran" means a veteran who: (1) is enrolled in the VA health care system; (2) is seeking mental health treatment; and (3) in the course of serving in the Armed Forces participated in a sensitive (classified) mission or served in a sensitive unit primarily involved in training for the conduct of, or conducting, special activities or classified missions.
People & committees
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · D–CA
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H630)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H630)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2915.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H630-633)
Mr. Abraham moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 278.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-365.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-365.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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