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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 6039 (Introduced in House) — To advance commonsense priorities. · Sec. 401

Sec. 401. Mental health consultations and outreach to a veteran receiving compensation for a service-connected disability relating to a mental health diagnosis

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The section 1167 of title 38, United States Code, relating to mental health consultations is amended— in subsection (a), in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting In general ; Initial consultation by redesignating subsections
(b)and
(c)as subsections
(c)and (d), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(a)the following new subsection (b): Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall, with regards to a veteran who is receiving compensation under this chapter for a service-connected disability relating to a mental health diagnosis— offer a mental health consultation to assess the mental health needs of, and discuss other mental health care options for, the veteran; and conduct outreach regarding the availability of— consultations under paragraph (1); and other mental health services furnished by the Secretary. ; in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by inserting or
(b)after under subsection
(a)both places it appears; and in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by inserting , or to require the reevaluation of any entitlement of the veteran to compensation under this chapter before the period at the end. Such section, as amended, is redesignated as section 1169 of such title. The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended— by striking the item relating to the section 1167 that relates to mental health consultations; and by inserting after the item relating to section 1168 the following new item: 1169. Mental health consultations. . Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the effect of the amendments made by this section. Elements of such report shall include— the number of veterans who received— mental health consultations under paragraph
(1)of subsection
(b)of section 1169 of such title; and outreach under paragraph
(2)of such subsection; whether veterans reported barriers to seeking such consultations; and such barriers, if any.
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