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H.R. 26: Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act

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H.R. 26: Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act

Plain summary

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the increasing rate of suicide among veterans returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom is a serious problem; and (2) the Secretary of Defense should conduct mandatory, face-to-face, and confidential mental health and traumatic brain injury screenings for each member of the Armed Forces (member) during the period beginning 90 days after the member completes a deployment in support of a contingency operation and ending 180 days thereafter. Directs the Secretary to carry out such screenings. Prohibits the Secretary from prohibiting a member from returning to the United States due to any screening result or determination. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a joint protocol to share existing and future reports from confidential screenings conducted to help aid members in their transition from health care and treatment provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) to health care and treatment provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Official text

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John Garamendi (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr26 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112