To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop standard criteria for the treatment and diagnosis of veterans suffering from service-connected post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) and the training of those who counsel and treat those veterans, to require the establishment of PTSD treatment teams at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, and for other purposes.

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Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop minimum standard criteria for the treatment and diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to be applied uniformly to all Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) medical centers. Directs the Secretary to publish such criteria in a mental health program guide. Outlines factors to be considered by the Secretary when developing such criteria. Directs the Secretary to develop criteria for the education, training, and evaluation of personnel whose duties include the counseling and treatment of veterans suffering from PTSD to be applied uniformly at all Department medical centers. Directs the Secretary no later than three years after enactment of this Act, to prescribe such criteria. Requires the Secretary, in establishing such criteria, to consult with the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, established under the Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984. Directs the Secretary to establish, in at least one Department medical center in each State, a PTSD treatment team which shall be responsible for the counseling and treatment of veterans suffering from such disorder. Directs the Secretary to hire such additional personnel as necessary to establish such teams at each medical center. Directs the Secretary to identify in annual congressional budget documents the funding amounts requested for PTSD-related programs.

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