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H.R.2198

H.R.2198: Veterans Crisis Line Improvement Act

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Introduced April 27, 2017
Latest Major Action April 27, 2017

Bill Sponsor

Joaquín Castro (D-Texas)

Bill Cosponsors

24 (15 Democrats, 9 Republicans)

Mark Takano (D-Calif.)
Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.)
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam)
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)
Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)
Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.)
Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
André Carson (D-Ind.)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)
Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)
Norma Torres (D-Calif.)
Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.)
Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)
Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)
Randy Weber (R-Texas)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.)
Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)
Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-N.J.)
Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.)
Scott Tipton (R-Colo.)

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Introduced in House - April 27, 2017

Bill Summary

Veterans Crisis Line Improvement Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the first message a person hears upon calling the main telephone number of any VA medical facility allows the caller to choose to be quickly redirected to the Veterans Crisis Line without ending the call.

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Date	Description
April 27, 2017	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
April 27, 2017	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
April 27, 2017	Introduced in the House by Joaquín Castro (D-Texas)

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