S. 717: Community Provider Readiness Recognition Act of 2015
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S. 717: Community Provider Readiness Recognition Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Community Provider Readiness Recognition Act of 2015
Plain summary
Community Provider Readiness Recognition Act of 2015 Directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to jointly develop a system by which a non-Department mental health care provider who provides health care to members of the Armed Forces or veterans shall receive a mental health provider readiness designation if such provider meets eligibility criteria relating to: (1) knowledge, comfort, and understanding with respect to the culture of members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and family members and caregivers of such members and veterans; and (2) knowledge regarding evidence-based treatments that have been approved by such Departments for the treatment of mental health issues among such members and veterans. Requires such Departments to: (1) jointly establish and update a registry, which shall be available to the public, of all non-Department mental health care providers that are currently so designated, and (2) update all lists maintained by such Departments of such non-Department providers by indicating the providers that are currently so designated.
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Official text
Community Provider Readiness Recognition Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · 1 cosponsors
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Joni Ernst (R-IA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s717.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s717 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114