Bill Text: NJ ACR14 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Urges Congress to pass legislation allowing veterans to receive hospital care and medical services at non-VA facilities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-8)

Status: (Passed) 2016-10-20 - Filed with Secretary of State [ACR14 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-ACR14-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 14

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex)

Assemblyman  BOB ANDRZEJCZAK

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblywoman  SHEILA Y. OLIVER

District 34 (Essex and Passaic)

Assemblyman  JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Pinkin, Assemblymen DeAngelo, McKeon, Assemblywoman Jasey, Assemblymen Space, C.A.Brown, Assemblywoman Lampitt, Assemblyman Singleton, Assemblywoman Gove, Assemblymen Rumpf and Diegnan

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Urges Congress to pass legislation allowing veterans to receive hospital care and medical services at non-VA facilities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  


A Concurrent Resolution urging Congress to pass legislation that allows veterans to receive hospital care and medical services at facilities not affiliated with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 

Whereas, According to surveys, the facilities of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provide services to more than 200,000 United States military veterans each day; and

Whereas, Recently, there have been allegations that officials in VA hospitals across the country have manipulated records to cover the fact that veterans suffered unbearably long waiting times before receiving care at a VA facility; and

Whereas, Legislation was recently introduced to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and medical services at non-VA facilities; and

Whereas, Under the legislation, the Secretary of the VA must submit a report on the success of the pilot program along with any recommendations for extending or expanding the program; and

Whereas, Veterans of the United States military have served with honor and dignity, putting their lives on the line for this country, and at a minimum, they deserve timely quality care; and

Whereas, Veterans should have the opportunity to decide whether to receive care at a VA facility or at a non-VA facility; and

Whereas, It is in the best interests of those United States military veterans residing in this State for the Legislature to promote on their behalf access to timely quality hospital care and medical services; now, therefore,

 

     Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (the Senate concurring):

 

     1.    The Legislature of New Jersey hereby urges Congress to pass legislation to permit veterans to receive hospital care and medical services at facilities other than the facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

 

     2.    Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly or the Secretary of the Senate to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, the Minority Leader of the United States Senate, each Senator and Representative from New Jersey in the Congress of the United States, and the Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

STATEMENT

 

This concurrent resolution urges Congress to pass legislation that allows veterans to receive hospital care and medical services at facilities other than the facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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