Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2017
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 15, 2017)
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 just happenedMar 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 15, 2017
- Mar 23, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Military Personnel Subcommittee - Mar 3, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 15, 2017IntroReferralH11100
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 - Feb 15, 2017IntroReferralH11100-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.
- Feb 15, 2017IntroReferralH11100
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 - Feb 15, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House