Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 5036 (100th)

A bill to direct the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration to develop standard criteria for the treatment and diagnosis of post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) and the training of those who counsel and treat the victims of PTSD, establish PTSD treatment teams at Veterans' Administration Medical Centers, and hire additional personnel to treat victims of PTSD.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

13 July 1988

Last action

13 July 1988 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Sponsors

Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3], Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5], Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3], Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23], Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11], Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

7 February 2024

Defence

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Directs the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Veterans Administration (VA) to develop minimum standard criteria for the treatment and diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to be applied uniformly to all VA medical centers. Directs the CMD, no later than three years after the enactment of this Act, to prescribe and publish such criteria in a mental health program guide. Outlines factors to be considered by the CMD when developing such criteria. Directs the CMD 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 VA medical centers. Directs the CMD, no later than three years from the enactment of this Act, to prescribe and publish such criteria in a mental health program guide. Requires the CMD, 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 CMD to establish, at each VA medical center, a PTSD treatment team which shall be responsible for the counseling and treatment of veterans suffering from such disorder. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to hire such additional personnel as necessary to establish such teams at each medical center. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 13 July 1988

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 July 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 July 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.