US Congress House Bill 241

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February 8 2013 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the standard for access to care for a veteran seeking hospital care and medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is 30 days from the date the veteran contacts the VA. Directs the Secretary to periodically review the performance of VA medical facilities in meeting such standard. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees on the VA's experience with respect to appointment waiting times.

Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act

Rep Ross, Dennis	Rep Barber, Ron	Rep Bentivolio, Kerry L.	Rep Cole, Tom
Rep Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"	Rep Graves, Tom	Rep Griffith, H. Morgan	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.
Rep Mullin, Markwayne	Rep Nunnelee, Alan	Rep Pastor, Ed	Rep Posey, Bill
Rep Rigell, E. Scott	Rep Stivers, Steve	Rep Valadao, David G.	Rep Whitfield, Ed
Rep Wittman, Robert J.	Rep Yoho, Ted S.

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-01-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN00241:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr241ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr241ih.pdf