Although the VA has been offering mental health care since early this month to veterans with other-than-honorable discharges, a bill working its way through Congress would put the agency's new policy into law. The proposal would also require the VA to expand the care beyond its current "emergency" coverage to long term, non-urgent issues. For more details, see this Military.com article.
Bill Would Expand Mental Health Care for 'Bad Paper' Vets
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