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HR 667 111th Congress House

Heroes at Home Act of 2009

Official title: To improve the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and telemen… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To improve the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and telemental health programs of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 9, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 6, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 30, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 23, 2009
Referred to House Armed Services
Jan 23, 2009
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.
Jan 23, 2009
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Jan 23, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 6, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 2, 2010
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 6, 2009
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Mar 30, 2009
Delahunt, Bill
· Mar 17, 2009
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Mar 11, 2009
McMahon, Michael
· Mar 11, 2009
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 25, 2009
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 9, 2009
Markey, Betsy
· Jan 23, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 667: Heroes at Home Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-667/
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