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

Bill: 118-hr-8454
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2024-05-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-05-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires that pre-separation counseling under the Transition Assistance Program include information concerning health care, including mental health care, furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans and members of the Armed Forces who have survived sexual assault, sexual or gender harassment, or intimate partner violence.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8454 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2024 Ms. Jacobs 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. .