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HR 1064 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Mental health Military medicine Veterans' medical care

Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2017

Introduced: February 15, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2017

This bill allows an individual who has been diagnosed with a mental health condition and who is transitioning from receiving treatment from the Department of Defense to receiving treatment from in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to elect to continue receiving treatment from such individual's DOD mental health provider.

Such individual shall receive the same level of priority as members of the Armed Forces at the facility at which the individual has elected to continue treatment. The VA shall reimburse DOD for rendered services that otherwise would have been furnished by the VA.

If the DOD mental health care provider departs the facility at which the covered individual is receiving treatment, such individual may elect to obtain the services of: (1) a different mental health care provider at the same facility, or (2) a VA mental health care provider.

What's happening now March 23, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Jun 7, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1064: Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1064/
MLA
"H.R. 1064: Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1064/.
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H.R. 1064, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1064/.
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