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Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3210| Senate 
| Updated: 1/16/2020
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (1)
Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete the development of a clinical practice guideline or guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Under the bill, such guidelines must address the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and persistent mood disorder (including bipolar disorder I and II). The VA must establish the Serious Mental Illness Work Group with the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop such clinical practice guideline or guidelines. Finally, the VA must complete an assessment of the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive Disorders to determine if an update is necessary.
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Timeline
Jan 16, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 16, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • January 16, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 16, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • S 116-785: Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
  • HR 116-8108: VA Serious Mental Illness Act
Drug therapyGovernment studies and investigationsMedical researchMental healthMilitary medicineVeterans' medical care

Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3210| Senate 
| Updated: 1/16/2020
Improving Mental Health Care for Veterans Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete the development of a clinical practice guideline or guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Under the bill, such guidelines must address the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and persistent mood disorder (including bipolar disorder I and II). The VA must establish the Serious Mental Illness Work Group with the Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop such clinical practice guideline or guidelines. Finally, the VA must complete an assessment of the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive Disorders to determine if an update is necessary.
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Timeline
Jan 16, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 16, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • January 16, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 16, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (1)
Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • S 116-785: Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
  • HR 116-8108: VA Serious Mental Illness Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Drug therapyGovernment studies and investigationsMedical researchMental healthMilitary medicineVeterans' medical care