Lawmakers push mental health care for IRR

Lawmakers push mental health care for IRR, 06 May 2010, Army Times
By Rick Maze – Staff writer
 
A group of House lawmakers is renewing an effort to give inactive reservists who have had at least one deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan special access to mental health services.
About 11,000 Individual Ready Reserve members and Individual Mobilization Augmentees would be affected. Because they are not members of active or reserve units, they do not have the same access to mental health and suicide prevention programs as other combat veterans, which is why the lawmakers, led by Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., is pushing to expand the reach of military help.
 
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