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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Mental health</title>
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  <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.928 Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s928/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-08:/action/358252</id>
    <updated>2013-05-08T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for compensation under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1875 Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1875/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-07:/action/358126</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1854 PASS Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1854/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357890</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and other psychologists qualified to work in schools by low-income local educational agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.883 Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s883/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-05-06:/action/357840</id>
    <updated>2013-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1784 Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1784/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-25:/action/357231</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.852 Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s852/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356824</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1725 Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1725/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/357062</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.810 Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s810/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356952</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require a pilot program on an online computerized assessment to enhance detection of behaviors indicating a risk of suicide and other mental health conditions in members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.819 Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s819/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356804</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require a program of mental health care and rehabilitation for veterans for service-related post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, or a related substance use disorder, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.825 Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s825/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-24:/action/356915</id>
    <updated>2013-04-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless veterans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1666 Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1666/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-22:/action/356261</id>
    <updated>2013-04-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients through the establishment of a stakeholder strategic summit, quality of life education and awareness initiative, health care workforce training, an advisory committee, and palliative care focused research, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1615 Examining America's Mental Health Services Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1615/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-17:/action/355939</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for a study by the Institute of Medicine on gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.755 Enhanced Access to Medicaid Services Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s755/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355753</id>
    <updated>2013-04-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to apply the Medicaid primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1599 Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1599/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355762</id>
    <updated>2013-04-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend section 520E of the Public Health Service Act to require States and their designees receiving grants for development or implementation of statewide suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with each Federally recognized Indian tribe, tribal organization, and urban Indian organization in the State.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1605 National Commission on Mass Violence Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1605/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-16:/action/355796</id>
    <updated>2013-04-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.735 Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s735/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-15:/action/355645</id>
    <updated>2013-04-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and assistance provided to surviving spouses of veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1565 National Commission on Mass Violence Act of 2013</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1565/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-14:/action/355414</id>
    <updated>2013-04-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1492 To establish the Commission on America and its Veterans.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1492/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-10:/action/355201</id>
    <updated>2013-04-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish the Commission on America and its Veterans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1464 Military Mental Health Empowerment Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1464/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354954</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide notice to members of the Armed Forces, beginning with recruit basic training and the initial training of officer candidates, regarding the availability of mental health services, to help eliminate perceived stigma associated with seeking and receiving mental health services, and to clarify the extent to which information regarding a member seeking and receiving mental health services may be disclosed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1463 Military Suicide Reduction Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h1463/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2013-04-09:/action/354983</id>
    <updated>2013-04-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the mental health assessments provided to members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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