US Congress House Bill 4465 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-05-27 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), when examining a veteran's attributable income for purposes of determining whether a veteran is unable to defray the necessary expenses of hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, to treat as a dependent child of such veteran any unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of the veteran for at least 12 consecutive months; (2) either has not attained age 21, has not attained age 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, or is incapable of self-support due to mental or physical incapacity; (3) is dependent on the veteran for over one-half of the person's support; and (4) resides with the veteran, unless separated to receive institutional care.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-27		Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2010-01-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2010-01-19		Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4465/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4465/BILLS-111hr4465ih.pdf