,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mrs4    
,beatty1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1  
,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mrs4 ,capps1 ,mr4   
,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1     
,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4     
,conyers1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 
,mr4 ,doggett1 ,mr4 ,enyart1 ,ms4 ,esty1
 ,mr4 ,fattah1 ,ms4 ,frankel of         
,florida1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1
 ,ms4 ,hahn1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4        
,hinojosa1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4
 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4    
,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,ms4 ,kuster1    
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 
,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of ,new ,york1 ,mr4    
,mc,govern1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4     
,neal1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4  
,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,pastor of ,arizona1    
,mr4 ,peters of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,rangel1
 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,ms4  
,shea-,porter1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4       

,tonko1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1   
,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,ms4       
,kaptur1 and ,ms4 ,sinema7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to provide for   
unlimited eligibility for health care   
for mental illnesses for veterans of    
combat service during certain periods of
 hostilities and war4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,veterans
 ,mental ,health ,accessibility ,act4   
#b4 ,unlimited eligibility for health   
care for mental illnesses for veterans  
of combat service during certain periods
 of hostilities and war  7a7            
,eligibility ,section #agaj7;e77#a7 of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subparagraph3  7,g7       
,notwithstanding paragraphs 7#b7 and    
7#c71 a veteran who served on active    
duty in a theater of combat operations  
7as determined by the ,secretary in     

consultation with the ,secretary of     
,defense7 during ,world ,war ,,ii1 the  
,korean conflict1 the ,vietnam ,era1 the
 ,persian ,gulf ,war1 ,operation ,iraqi 
,freedom1 ,operation ,enduring ,freedom1
 or any other period of war after the   
,persian ,gulf ,war1 or in combat       
against a hostile force during a period 
of hostilities 7as defined in section   
#agab;,a7a77#b77;,b7 of this title71 is 
eligible for hospital care1 medical     
services1 and nursing home care under   
subsection 7a77#b77;,f7 for any mental  
illness1 notwithstanding that there is  
insufficient medical evidence to        
conclude that such illness is           
attributable to such service4  4  7b7   
,effective date ,subparagraph 7,g7 of   
section #agaj7;e77#a7 of title #ch1     
,united ,states ,code1 as added by      
subsection 7a71 shall apply with respect
 to hospital care1 medical services1 and
 nursing home care provided on or after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act4