2482 -- To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the accessibility of mental health care providers and services for members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes. | Poliscope

To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the accessibility of mental health care providers and services for members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes.

2482

118th Congress

Armed Forces and National Security

In Committee

To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the accessibility of mental health care providers and services for members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, and for other purposes.

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

2

Committee

3

Floor Vote

4

Other Chamber

5

Enacted

Introduced

April 6, 2023

Latest Action

April 6, 2023

Primary Sponsor

Vern BuchananRepublican(FL)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

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vs 10,564 other HR bills in the 118th — cohort avg 68d

Summary

No CRS summary is available for this bill yet. The source title, actions, sponsors, and text versions below come from Congress.gov.

Subjects (4)

Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations

Military medicine

Actions (2)

April 6, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

April 6, 2023

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Armed Services Committee	House	Referred To	April 6, 2023

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in House	April 6, 2023	XML

Cosponsors (7)

Name	Party	State
Brittany Pettersen	Democratic	CO
Chris Pappas	Democratic	NH
Don Bacon	Republican	NE

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Sources: Congress.gov