WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Drug abuse treatment

H.R. 6393, The Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6393 would amend titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote tobacco use cessation under the Medicare Program, the Medicaid Program, and the maternal and child health program....

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H.R. 6358, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6358 would require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs....

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H.R. 5876, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $6.78

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5876 would require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs....

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H.R. 5829, The Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act of 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5829 would improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development....

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S. 2799, The Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2799 would amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs....

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H.R. 5563, The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5563 would reauthorize and reform the national service laws....

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H.R. 5554, The Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $3.15

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5554 would amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs for substance use disorders....

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H.R. 5465, The Military Pain Care Act of 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5465 would require the Department of Defense to implement a pain care initiative....

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H.R. 5223, The Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5223 would provide for the enhancement of the suicide prevention programs of the Department of Defense....

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S. 2585, The Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2585 would provide for the enhancement of the suicide prevention programs of the Department of Defense....

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S. 2573, The Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2573 would 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....

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H.R. 5176, The Community Mental Health Services Improvement Act

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5176 would amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health services....

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H.R. 4899, The Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4899 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for community-based mental health infrastructure improvement....

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S. 2497, A bill to ensure that families of members of the National Guard and Reserve have full access to mental health care during the mobilization, deployment, and demobilization of such members, and for other purposes

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2497 would ensure that families of members of the National Guard and Reserve have full access to mental health care during the mobilization, deployment, and demobilization of such members....

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H.R. 4545, The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4545 would target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine....

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H.R. 4283, The Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4283 would amend title 18, United States Code, to award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs....

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S. 2383, A bill to require a pilot program on the mobile provision of care and services for veterans in rural areas by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2383 would require a pilot program on the mobile provision of care and services for veterans in rural areas by the Department of Veterans Affairs....

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H.R. 4232, The Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4232 would improve mental and substance use health care....

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H.R. 4129, The Homeless Access to Recovery through Treatment Act

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4129 would amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen and expand substance abuse and mental health services to persons experiencing homelessness in the United States....

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H.R. 4107, The Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4107 would amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs....

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H.R. 4053, The Mental Health Improvements Act of 2007

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4053 would improve the treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders....

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H.R. 4063, The Restitution for the Exonerated Act of 2007

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4063 would authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees....

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H.R. 3992, The Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.50

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3992 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses....

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S. 2237, The Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2237 would fight crime....

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H.R. 3944, The National Hepatitis B Act

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3944 would amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, education, research, and medical management program that will lead to a marked reduction in liver cirrhosis and a reduction in the cases of, and improved survival of, liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B infection....

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