US HB3246 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To provide for the temporary use of Veterans Choice Funds for certain programs, and for other purposes. Grants the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) temporary authority (through October 1, 2015) to use certain transfers from the Veterans Choice Fund to pay for health care for eligible veterans at non-VA facilities, including pharmaceuticals for treatment of Hepatitis C.
Title
To provide for the temporary use of Veterans Choice Funds for certain programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
| Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2015-07-28 | House | Referred to House Budget |
| 2015-07-28 | House | Referred to House Veterans' Affairs |
| 2015-07-28 | House | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. |
| 2015-07-28 | House | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5573) |
| 2015-07-28 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB3236 (Related) 2015-07-31 - Became Public Law No: 114-41. (TXT | PDF)
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3246/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3246/BILLS-114hr3246ih.pdf |
