To designate the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the "Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility".

Bill: 117-hr-1737
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes

Department of Veterans Affairs

Health facilities and institutions

Mental health

Tennessee

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill designates the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1737 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2021 Mr. DesJarlais (for himself, Mrs. Harshbarger , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Kustoff , Mr. Burchett , Mr. Green of Tennessee , Mr. Rose , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Cohen , and Mr. Steube ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To designate the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Sergeant John Toombs of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served in the Tennessee Army National Guard as a part of the highly distinguished 230th Signal Corps. (2) His six years in the National Guard included a deployment to Afghanistan, where Sergeant Toombs proudly served as a guard and escort for visiting dignitaries and reporters traveling into highly dangerous, war-ravaged areas in Afghanistan. (3) As a result of his service in Afghanistan, Sergeant Toombs developed symptoms of Post­trau­mat­ic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a disability he continued to suffer from after leaving the National Guard in 2014. (4) After two years of battling PTSD and failing to receive the necessary treatment, Sergeant Toombs tragically took his own life in November of 2016. (5) However, the life of Sergeant Toombs has impacted other veterans in Tennessee suffering from PTSD. Since this devastating tragedy, positive measures have been made to raise awareness and improve the overall treatment of veterans suffering from PTSD within the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. 2. Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility (a) Designation The Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility , after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) References Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Alvin C. York Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility .