US Congress Senate Bill 2170 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-11-18 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs and who is licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her profession at any location in any state, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.

VETS Act of 2015 Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2015

Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]
Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-18	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2015-10-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB2516 (Related) 2015-06-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB2896 (Related) 2016-05-24 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
HB5262 (Related) 2016-05-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2170/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2170/BILLS-114s2170is.pdf