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Rep. Scott Peters Intros Two Bills to Support Vets Access to Mental Health Care

Press Release

Date: June 4, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Veterans Health and Health Care

Late yesterday, U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) re-introduced two pieces of legislation to help veterans struggling with Post-Traumatic Stress and other forms of mental illness after they've served our nation.

The first would continue the effort to break down barriers to discussing mental health issues by designating the first week of May each year as "National Health No Stigma Week." The second is bipartisan and would make it easier for California-licensed marriage and family therapists to work in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers.

"These bills are about getting American veterans access to the care they have earned and deserve, and to provide veterans and their families with the tools necessary to overcome the unseen battle scars," Rep. Peters said. "As a society we are losing too many friends and family members to mental health issues in part because of the negative stigma we've attached to the topic, a pain being felt particularly hard in our veterans' community."


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