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HR 4627 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans’ Culturally Competent Care Act

Introduced: July 22, 2021 Introduced by: Blunt Rochester, Lisa Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 22, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 22, 2021
Introduced in House
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Veterans' Culturally Competent Care Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish standards and requirements for the provision of mental health care by non-VA providers in the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP). The established standards must be the same as the standards applicable to VA employees who provide mental health care.

The VA must require non-VA mental health care providers to complete training courses on military culture, core competencies for health care professionals, suicide evaluation and management, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and military sexual trauma after the provider becomes approved under the VCCP. The VA must also (1) identify additional training areas for which to develop courses, and (2) require the non-VA providers to complete such courses.

What's happening now September 8, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 6 Republican 2
Deutch, Theodore
· May 24, 2022
Napolitano, Grace
· Nov 1, 2021
Spanberger, Abigail
· Oct 19, 2021
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 12, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 21, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 14, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Aug 13, 2021
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Aug 13, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 10, 2021
McKinley, David
· Aug 10, 2021
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Aug 10, 2021
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jul 22, 2021
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Jul 22, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4627: Veterans’ Culturally Competent Care Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4627/
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"H.R. 4627: Veterans’ Culturally Competent Care Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4627/.
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H.R. 4627, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4627/.
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