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S. 2527 114th Congress Senate

Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the mental health treatment provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served in classified missions.

Introduced: February 10, 2016 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Veterans AffairsHealth information and medical recordsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
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Mental healthVeterans' medical care
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 10, 2016
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 Latest action February 10, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.
 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2921 Veterans First Act
  • HR 421 Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
 Bill text 1 version

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All 1 Republican 1
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Feb 10, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2527: Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2527/
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