HR 7735 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act
To require the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee to assess the effectiveness of certain mental health activities of the Departments, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee to conduct an inventory and assessment of their mental health programs that help servicemembers and veterans access mental health services during their transition from military to civilian life. The Joint Committee must submit a report to Congress within 180 days that includes the inventory of programs, assessment findings, and recommendations to address any identified deficiencies, gaps, or inefficiencies. The bill also requires the Joint Committee to conduct a biennial review of the Joint Separation Health Assessment questionnaire to validate its questions and recommend additions, revisions, or removals. The report must include plans of action, milestones, and metrics for implementing recommendations. This assessment will help identify and eliminate duplicative programs while improving access to mental health services.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jared F. Golden’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $22,635
- GREYLOCK PARTNERS $19,404
- BERKSHIRE PARTNERS, LLC $18,140
- BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE GROUP $14,804
- TEXAS CRUDE ENERGY, LLC $14,140
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jared F. Golden → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Mar 30, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Feb 26, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Feb 26, 2026 Introduced in House
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2026
Mr. Golden of Maine (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee to assess the effectiveness of certain mental health activities of the Departments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act”.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES.
(a) Overall Inventory, Assessment, and Report.—
(1) Inventory and assessment.—The Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee under section 320 of title 38, United States Code, shall—
(A) complete an inventory of the programs and processes of the Departments that facilitate access to mental health services across the transition spectrum; and
(B) conduct an assessment of the overall effectiveness of such programs and processes in facilitating access to such services.
(2) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Executive Committee shall submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the assessment. The report shall include—
(A) the inventory under paragraph (1)(A);
(B) the results of the assessment under paragraph
(1)(B), including whether the assessment identified any deficiencies, gaps, or inefficiencies (such as duplicative programs);
(C) recommendations to address the identified deficiencies, gaps, or inefficiencies, if any, including plans of action, milestones, and metrics; and
(D) any other information or recommendations that the Joint Executive Committee considers appropriate.
(b) Biennial Review of the Joint Separation Health Assessment.— Section 320(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(7) Review, at least once every two years, the joint separation health assessment to validate the questions posed by the assessment and to recommend whether any questions should be removed, revised, or added.”. <all>
Comments