H.R. 421 — Classified Veterans Access to Care Act

Summary

Classified Veterans Access to Care Act

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to:

establish standards and procedures to ensure that a veteran who participated in a classified mission or served in a sensitive unit while in the Armed Forces may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information;
disseminate guidance to employees of the Veterans Health Administration, including mental health professionals, on such standards and procedures and on how to best engage such veterans during the course of mental health treatment with respect to classified information; and
ensure that an individual may elect to identify as such a veteran on an appropriate form.

S. 2921Veterans First Act
2016-05-16Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.
Related
S. 2527Sergeant Daniel Somers Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
2016-02-10Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Related

2015-01-20
Introduced in House
2015-01-20
Introduced in House
2015-01-20
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-02-06
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-07-14
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2015-07-22
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-07-22
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .