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S 717 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Health information and medical records Health personnel Mental health Military medicine Veterans' medical care

Community Provider Readiness Recognition Act of 2015

Introduced: March 11, 2015 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 6, 2015
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242.
Mar 11, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 11, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Community Provider Readiness Recognition Act of 2015

Directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to jointly develop a system by which a non-Department mental health care provider who provides health care to members of the Armed Forces or veterans shall receive a mental health provider readiness designation if such provider meets eligibility criteria relating to: (1) knowledge, comfort, and understanding with respect to the culture of members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and family members and caregivers of such members and veterans; and (2) knowledge regarding evidence-based treatments that have been approved by such Departments for the treatment of mental health issues among such members and veterans.

Requires such Departments to: (1) jointly establish and update a registry, which shall be available to the public, of all non-Department mental health care providers that are currently so designated, and (2) update all lists maintained by such Departments of such non-Department providers by indicating the providers that are currently so designated.

What's happening now October 6, 2015

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242.

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