Bill SponsorBILLSPONSOR
Bill Sponsor
Politicians
Bills
House Bill 2997
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 23, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced in House 
May 23, 2019
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Introduced in House(May 23, 2019)
May 23, 2019
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Jump To
H. R. 2997 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2997


To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that certain veterans receive in-patient psychiatric care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 23, 2019

Mr. Loebsack (for himself, Mr. Stivers, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. Finkenauer, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Vela, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. McCaul, Ms. Gabbard, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Soto, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Katko, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Himes, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Luján, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Olson, Mr. Young, Mr. Payne, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Veasey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that certain veterans receive in-patient psychiatric care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act”.

SEC. 2. Provision of in-patient psychiatric care for veterans.

(a) In general.—Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1720I the following new section:

Ҥ 1720J. Provision of in-patient psychiatric care

“(a) Requirement To furnish care.—Except as provided by subsection (b), upon the request of a covered veteran, the Secretary shall furnish, or continue to furnish, to the covered veteran in-patient psychiatric care at the facility of the Department that—

“(1) is closest to where the veteran resides; and

“(2) has the capacity and capability to provide such care.

“(b) Non-Department facilities.— (1) If the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, that a facility of the Department does not have the capability or capacity to furnish in-patient psychiatric care to a covered veteran pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall furnish such care to such veteran at a non-Department facility.

“(2) The Secretary shall determine the rates of payment for a non-Department facility that furnishes in-patient psychiatric care pursuant to paragraph (1) in accordance with the rates paid by the United States under section 1703(i) of this title.

“(c) Covered veteran defined.—In this section, the term ‘covered veteran’ means a veteran who is—

“(1) enrolled in the health care system established under section 1705(a) of this title; and

“(2) entitled to in-patient psychiatric care furnished by the Secretary under this chapter.”.

(b) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1720I the following new item:


“1720J. Provision of in-patient psychiatric care.”.