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38 U.S.C. § 7321 — Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans

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38 U.S.C. § 7321 — Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans

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**(a)** The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Health, shall establish in the Veterans Health Administration a Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans. The Under Secretary shall appoint employees of the Department with expertise in the care of the chronically mentally ill to serve on the committee. **(b)** The committee shall assess, and carry out a continuing assessment of, the capability of the Veterans Health Administration to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation needs of mentally ill veterans whose mental illness is severe and chronic and who are eligible for health care furnished by the Department, including the needs of such veterans who are women. In carrying out that responsibility, the committee shall— (1) evaluate the care provided to such veterans through the Veterans Health Administration; (2) identify systemwide problems in caring for such veterans in facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; (3) identify specific facilities within the Veterans Health Administration at which program enrichment is needed to improve treatment and rehabilitation of such veterans; and (4) identify model programs which the committee considers to have been successful in the treatment and rehabilitation of such veterans and which should be implemented more widely in or through facilities of the Veterans Health Administration. **(c)** The committee shall— (1) advise the Under Secretary regarding the development of policies for the care and rehabilitation of severely chronically mentally ill veterans; and (2) make recommendations to the Under Secretary— (A) for improving programs of care of such veterans at specific facilities and throughout the Veterans Health Administration; (B) for establishing special programs of education and training relevant to the care of such veterans for employees of the Veterans Health Administration; (C) regarding research needs and priorities relevant to the care of such veterans; and (D) regarding the appropriate allocation of resources for all such activities. **(d)** (1) Not later than April 1, 1997, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section. The report shall include the following: (A) A list of the members of the committee. (B) The assessment of the Under Secretary for Health, after review of the initial findings of the committee, regarding the capability of the Veterans Health Administration, on a systemwide and facility-by-facility basis, to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation needs of severely chronically mentally ill veterans who are eligible for Department care. (C) The plans of the committee for further assessments. (D) The findings and recommendations made by the committee to the Under Secretary for Health and the views of the Under Secretary on such findings and recommendations. (E) A description of the steps taken, plans made (and a timetable for their execution), and resources to be applied toward improving the capability of the Veterans Health Administration to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation needs of severely chronically mentally ill veterans who are eligible for Department care. (2) Not later than June 1 of each year through 2012, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing information updating the reports submitted under this subsection before the submission of such report.

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38 U.S.C. § 1712A — Eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services

**(a)** (1) (A) Upon the request of any individual referred to in subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall furnish counseling, including by furnishing counseling through a Vet Center, to the individual— (i) in the case of an individual referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (C), to assist the individual in readjusting to civilian life; and (ii) in the case of an individual referred to in clause (viii) of such subparagraph who is a family member of a veteran or member described in such clause— (I) in the case of a member who is deployed in a theater of combat operations or an area at a time during which hostilities are occurring in that area, during such deployment to assist such individual in coping with such deployment; (II) in the case of a veteran or member who is readjusting to civilian life, to the degree that counseling furnished to such individual is found to aid in the readjustment of such veteran or member to civilian life; and (III) in the case of a veteran or member who died by suicide, to the degree that counseling furnished to such individual is found to aid in coping with the effects of such suicide. (B) (i) Counseling furnished to an individual under subparagraph (A) may include a comprehensive individual assessment of the individual’s psychological, social, and other characteristics to ascertain whether— (I) in the case of an individual referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (C), such individual has difficulties associated with readjusting to civilian life; and (II) in the case of an individual referred to in clause (viii) of such subparagraph, such individual has difficulties associated with— (aa) coping with the deployment of a member described in subclau

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38 U.S.C. § 7321 — Committee on Care of Severely Chron-

Page 1183 TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS § 7321 (A) $3,125,000 for fiscal year 1998. (B) $6,250,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2001. (2) In addition to funds appropriated for a fis- cal year pursuant to the authorization of appro- priations in paragraph (1), the Under Secretary for Health shall allocate to such centers from other funds appropriated for that fiscal year generally for the Department of Veterans Af- fairs medical services account and the Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs medical and pros- thetics research account such amounts as the Under Secretary for Health determines appro- priate to carry out the purposes of this section. (Added Pub. L. 104–262, title III, § 334(a)(1), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3200; amended Pub. L. 110–387, title IX, § 901(a)(8), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4142; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(220), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4330.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2022—Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted ‘‘chap- ter 10 of title 5.’’ for ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).’’ 2008—Subsec. (j)(2). Pub. L. 110–387 substituted ‘‘med- ical services account’’ for ‘‘medical care account’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ANNUAL REPORTS ON AND DESIGNATION OF CENTERS Pub. L. 104–262, title III, § 334(b), (c), Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3203, 3204, required the Secretary of Veterans Af- fairs, by Feb. 1 of each of the years 1999 to 2002, to sub- mit to Congress a report on the status and activities during the previous fiscal year of the centers for men- tal illness research, education, and clinical activities established pursuant to this section, with each report to include descriptions of activities and advances at each center and actions taken under subsec. (h) of this section, and also required the Sec

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