VA Serious Mental Illness Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Aug 25, 2020)
VA Serious Mental Illness Act
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 carry out an explicit plan to implement and disseminate the clinical practice guideline or guidelines that are developed.
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 just happenedSep 10, 2020
Committee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseAug 25, 2020
- Sep 10, 2020Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Aug 25, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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 - Aug 25, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Aug 25, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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 - Aug 25, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Aug 25, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House