Official Summaries

Sergeant Ted Grubbs Mental Healthcare for Disabled Veterans Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish care or services under the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) to an eligible veteran with a service-connected mental disorder not later than five days after the veteran seeks care for such disorder. Current law requires the VA to establish access standards for furnishing hospital care, medical services, or extended care services under the VCCP to veterans who are (1) enrolled in the VA health care system, or (2) not enrolled but are in the 12-month period following their discharge from service and meet other requirements (e.g., having a service-connected disability).

Under the bill, the VA must modify its access standards for furnishing such care and services under the VCCP to require the provision of care or services not later than five days after an eligible veteran with a service-connected mental disorder rated at 50% or more seeks treatment for such disorder.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 241 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 241

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for access standards 
with respect to the provision by the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
  hospital care, medical services, or extended care services that are 
         applicable to certain veterans with mental disorders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

  Mr. Yakym introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for access standards 
with respect to the provision by the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
  hospital care, medical services, or extended care services that are 
         applicable to certain veterans with mental disorders.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sergeant Ted Grubbs Mental 
Healthcare for Disabled Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY CARE ACCESS STANDARDS 
              FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS.

    Section 1703B(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) The access standards required under this subsection shall 
provide that in the case of a covered veteran with a service-connected 
mental disorder rated at 50 percent or more, the Department shall 
furnish hospital care, medical services, or extended care services for 
such mental disorder by not later than five days after the date on 
which the covered veteran requests such care or services.''.
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