,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gejd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjbj,ms4  
,blunt ,rochester 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,bilirakis1 and ,mr4 ,levin of          
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs to establish         
standards and requirements for          
non-,department mental health care      
providers participating in ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs ,community ,care  
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,va ,clinical ,training in         
,evidence-based treatments ,and         
,military ,culture ,act of #bjbj or the 
,,va ,clinical ,,team ,culture ,act of  
#bjbj4  #b4 ,standards and requirements 
for non-,department mental health care  
providers participating in ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs ,community ,care  
program  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary

 of ,veterans ,affairs shall establish  
standards and requirements for the      
provision of mental health care by      
non-,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
health care providers under the         
,community ,care program of the         
,department under section #agjc of title
 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4 ,such      
standards shall be the same as the      
standards and requirements applicable to
 ,department employees who provide such 
mental health care4  7b7 ,training      
requirement ,not later than the date    
that is #ahj days after the date on     
which a provider of mental health care  
becomes an approved provider under the  
,community ,care program of the         
,department under section #agjc of title
 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 the        
,secretary shall require the provider to
 complete-- 7#a7 the basic course       
described in subsection 7c77#a72 and    
7#b7 each of the four clinical domain   
courses described in subsection 7c77#b74
  7c7 ,courses described  7#a7 ,basic   

course ,the course described in this    
paragraph is-- 7,a7 a free1 four-module 
course1 made available online1 that is  
developed by the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs about military       
culture and core competencies for health
 care professionals2 or  7,b7 a         
successor course or other course the    
,secretary determines is comparable to  
the course described in subparagraph    
7,a74  7#b7 ,clinical domain courses    
,the courses described in this paragraph
 are free courses1 made available       
online1 in each of the following        
clinical domains3 7,a7 ,evaluation and  
management of suicide4  7,b7            
,post-traumatic stress disorder4  7,c7  
,traumatic brain injury4  7,d7 ,military
 sexual trauma4  7#c7 ,continuing       
education ,each course described in this
 subsection shall be designed to meet   
continuing education requirements for   
mental health care providers4  7d7      
,additional training  7#a7              
,identification of training areas ,not  

later than two years after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary shall identify at least three
 clinical domains for which the need for
 care among veterans is high and shall  
develop training courses in those       
clinical domains4  7#b7 ,requirement    
,not later than #fj days after the      
training courses developed pursuant to  
paragraph 7#a7 are made available1 the  
,secretary shall require all            
non-,department mental health care      
providers approved under the ,community 
,care program of the ,department under  
section #agjc of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to complete the courses4 
7e7 ,annual report ,the ,secretary shall
 submit to the ,committees on ,veterans'
 ,affairs of the ,senate and ,house of  
,representatives an annual report on the
 requirements of this section4 ,each    
such report shall include1 for the year 
covered by the report1 the number of    
non-,department mental health care      
providers who have completed the        

requirements under this section4