To amend title 10, United States Code, to add to matters covered by counseling in the Transition Assistance Program.

Bill: 116-hr-7390
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-26
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Domestic violence and child abuse

Government information and archives

Mental health

Military personnel and dependents

Sex offenses

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Transition Assistance Program for separating or retiring service members to include information on health care, including mental health care, furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans and service members who have survived sexual assault, sexual or gender harassment, or intimate partner violence.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7390 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2020 Miss Rice of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to add to matters covered by counseling in the Transition Assistance Program.

1. Counseling in the Transition Assistance Program regarding sexual assault, sexual or gender harassment, and intimate partner violence Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (20) Information concerning health care (including mental health care) furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans and members of the Armed Forces who have survived sexual assault, sexual or gender harassment, or intimate partner violence. .