Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2016
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 6, 2016)
Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2016
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 just happenedJul 14, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 6, 2016
- Jul 14, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Jul 11, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Military Personnel Subcommittee - Jul 6, 2016IntroReferralH11100
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.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Jul 6, 2016IntroReferralH11100-A
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.
- Jul 6, 2016IntroReferralH11100
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.
Armed Services Committee - Jul 6, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 6, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House