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October 03, 2008
Senate may vote Friday on veterans' mental healthcare bill
CQ (9/26, Johnson) reports, "The Senate was expected to act as early as Friday on a bill that rolls together several provisions relating to veterans" healthcare. The House already "passed the measure (S 2162) Thursday by voice vote."
That measure, among other things, would authorize "$1.9 billion for veterans medical facility projects and major medical fa cility leases" and "$8 million through fiscal 2012 for the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for research."
The House "also passed another broad veterans' measure Thursday that would" accomplish several things, including requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to "implement regulations for notifying veterans who claim medical benefits about the status of their requests in simple terms."
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