H.R. 2123: Enhancing Veterans' Access to Treatment Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-30 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Enhancing Veterans' Access to Treatment Act of 2015

Plain summary

Enhancing Veterans' Access to Treatment Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish to a veteran enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system a drug or medicine that a duly licensed physician has determined such veteran is taking or has taken during the preceding 90 days and that has been effective in treating a mental health disorder with which the veteran has been diagnosed, if the prescription is ordered by a duly licensed physician, regardless of whether such drug or medicine is available under the formulary in use by the VA. Directs the VA to revise its prescription medication formulary to ensure that all medications within the classes of antipsychotics and antidepressants that are prescribed by DOD physicians, including such medications prescribed for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder, are available at all VA pharmacies.

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Official text

Enhancing Veterans' Access to Treatment Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] · 55 cosponsors

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Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Darin LaHood (R-IL)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2123.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2123 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114