Caring for America's Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-4656
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2014-05-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Hospital care

Mental health

Military medicine

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Caring for America's Heroes Act - Eliminates the limit on the number of days each year inpatient mental health services may be provided to military dependents under the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program (a DOD managed care program).</p> <p>Eliminates the need for TRICARE Standard beneficiaries to obtain: (1) a nonavailability statement or preauthorization to receive mental health services from a civilian provider, or (2) a nonavailability statement to receive mental health services in specialized treatment facilities outside the 200-mile radius of a military medical treatment facility.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4656 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 13, 2014 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mrs. Capps ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve access to mental health services under the TRICARE program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Caring for America's Heroes Act . 2. Improvement of access to mental health services under the TRICARE program (a) Elimination of limit on days of inpatient services Section 1079 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking paragraph (6); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (17) as paragraphs (6) through (16), respectively; (2) by striking subsection (i); and (3) by redesignating subsections (j) through (q) as subsections (i) through (p), respectively. (b) Repeal of requirement for nonavailability statement or preauthorization Section 721(a) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is amended by striking (other than mental health services) . (c) Conforming amendments Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 1079(e)(7), by striking subsection (a)(13) and inserting subsection (a)(12) ; (2) in section 1086— (A) in subsection (d)(4)(A)(ii), by striking section 1079(j)(1) and inserting section 1079(i)(1) ; and (B) in subsection (g), by striking Section 1079(j) and inserting Section 1079(i) ; and (3) in section 1105(c), by striking section 1079(a)(7) and inserting section 1079(a)(6) .