S 2527
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health information and medical records
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Mental health
Veterans' medical care
Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
Introduced: February 10, 2016
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Feb 10, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 10, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
This bill expresses 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 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall:
- establish standards and procedures to ensure that a veteran who participated in a classified mission or served in a sensitive unit while in the Armed Forces may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information;
- disseminate guidance to employees of the Veterans Health Administration, including mental health professionals, on such standards and procedures and on how to best engage such veterans during the course of mental health treatment with respect to classified information; and
- ensure that an individual may elect to identify as such a veteran on an appropriate form.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1