US Congress House Bill 2001 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 54-16-1)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2013 or VETS Act of 2013 - Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and who is a licensed professional to practice at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether such professional or patient is located in a facility owned by the federal government.

Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2013

Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Vance McAllister [R-LA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-05-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2001/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2001/BILLS-113hr2001ih.pdf