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Increasing New recruit Focus On Receiving Mental healthcare Act or the INFORM Act This bill urges the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that preventing veteran suicide and providing veterans access to mental health care is its top reform priority. The VA shall, every 30 days, determine and provide to the Department of Defense, with respect to the previous year: the average national wait times (in days) for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system to receive appointments for mental health care and primary health care at VA medical facilities, the average time for the VA to process a claim for disability compensation, and the average time for the VA to decide an appeal of such a claim. The VA shall place a sign displaying the most current such times in a conspicuous location at each military entrance processing station.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
H.R. 1594 Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act, H.R. 2360 Career-Ready Student Veterans Act, H.R. 3991 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015, H.R. 5015 Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016, H.R. 5166 Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act, H.R. 5325 Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, H.R. 5426 Justice for Servicemembers Act, H.R. 5620 VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization, H.R. 6062 SERVICE Act, H.R. 6108 Never Again Act, H.R. 6234 Purple Heart Preservation Act, H.R. 6394 Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act, H.R. 6416 Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016, H.R. 6517 INFORM Act, S. 1555Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act S. 2253Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act, S. 2679Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits, S. 2921Veterans First Act, S. 3042Justice for Servicemembers Act, S. 3328Veterans Affairs Appeals Modernization, S. 3448Bring Our Heroes Home Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
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Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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