The Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act [Coffman.House.gov]
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Coffman (R-CO) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA) led the bipartisan reintroduction of the Veteran Urgent Access to Mental HealthCare Act (H.R. 918). This legislation would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide initial mental health assessments and urgent mental healthcare services to veterans at risk of suicide or harming others, even if they have another than honorable discharge. A service member receives a less than honorable discharge, or “bad...