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S 1155 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Licensing and registrations Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Veterans' medical care

Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act

Introduced: June 12, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Oct 30, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
Jun 12, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 12, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act - Amends appropriations authorities for veterans' benefits to provide advanced appropriations for information technology relating to medical services, support, compliance, and facilities of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include, as a component of VHA health-care personnel education and training programs, education and training of marriage and family therapists as well as licensed professional mental health counselors.

Amends the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 to require the Secretary, through VA medical centers, to provide mental health services, including outpatient care, to the immediate families of certain veterans returning from Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress regarding telemedicine services (the use by a health care provider of telecommunications to assist in the diagnosis or treatment of a patient's medical condition) for veterans, including updates on VA teleconsultation and telemedicine initiatives, training, and partnerships with primary care providers.

What's happening now October 30, 2013

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3499 Identical bill Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 6, 2013
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 4, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1155: Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1155/
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"S. 1155: Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1155/.
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S. 1155, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1155/.
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