Veterans Crisis Line Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-2198
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2017-04-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Health facilities and institutions

Mental health

Telephone and wireless communication

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans Crisis Line Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the first message a person hears upon calling the main telephone number of any VA medical facility allows the caller to choose to be quickly redirected to the Veterans Crisis Line without ending the call.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2198 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2017 Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. Takano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that calls to medical facilities of the Department can be quickly redirected to the Veterans Crisis Line.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Crisis Line Improvement Act . 2. Facilitation of redirection of calls to Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities to Veterans Crisis Line Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that, upon placing a telephone call to the main telephone number of any Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility, the first message a caller hears provides a mechanism by which the caller can choose to be quickly redirected to the Veterans Crisis Line without ending the telephone call.