US SB1463 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum:
Status: Engrossed on May 26 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-26 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on May 26 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-26 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to allow a veteran to access a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility, including a community-based outpatient clinic, if the VA facility within 40 miles driving distance of the veteran's home does not offer the needed hospital or medical services.
Title
Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015
Sponsors
| Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] |
| Sen. Angus King [I-ME] | Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] | Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-26 | House | Referred to House Budget |
| 2015-05-26 | House | Referred to House Veterans' Affairs |
| 2015-05-26 | 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. |
| 2015-05-26 | House | Received in the House. |
| 2015-05-22 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| 2015-05-22 | Senate | Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3288-3289; text as passed Senate: CR S3289) |
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care
