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Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020

Introduced: January 16, 2020 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 16, 2020
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Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete the development of a clinical practice guideline or guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Under the bill, such guidelines must address the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and persistent mood disorder (including bipolar disorder I and II).

The VA must establish the Serious Mental Illness Work Group with the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop such clinical practice guideline or guidelines.

Finally, the VA must complete an assessment of the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive Disorders to determine if an update is necessary.

What's happening now January 16, 2020

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 785 Related bill Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
  • HR 8108 Related bill VA Serious Mental Illness Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3210: Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3210/
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"S. 3210: Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3210/.
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