Veterans' Extended Health Care Services and Business Enhancements Act of 2003
Latest action · Dec 6, 2003 -See Public Law 108-170.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 8, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans' Extended Health Care Services and Business Enhancements Act of 2003 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to: (1) extend through 2008 the period for the provision of veterans' noninstitutional extended-care services and required nursing home care; (2) remove a provision requiring a person to have been detained or interned for at least 90 days in order to qualify for outpatient dental care as a former prisoner of war; (3) allow any Under Secretary within the Department of Veterans Affairs (currently only the Under Secretary for Health) to provide business plans for the use within the Department of enhanced-use leases; (4) remove other statutory requirements with respect to the enhanced-use lease program; (5) allow the Secretary of Defense to make purchases through the Department's revolving supply fund; (6) provide for coverage under the tort claims laws for employees of Department nonprofit research corporations; (7) extend through 2008 the authority to establish such corporations; (8) revise due dates of certain required reports; and (9) designate the Department medical center in Prescott, Arizona, as the Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 8, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 8, 2003 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 13, 2003 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2003-See Public Law 108-170.
- Nov 19, 2003-Certain provisions incorporated. See S. 1156, Title I, Sections 101, 105, and 106; Title II, 202 and 241; Title IV, Sections 402, 403 and 405.
- Nov 13, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House
- Oct 8, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2019-2020)
- Oct 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2019 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ | Oct 8, 2003 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1156 | Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003 | Procedurally related | Dec 6, 2003 |
| HR 2806 | To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the "Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center". | Procedurally related | Dec 6, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain authorities for health care services and reporting dates and to augment certain health care business practices or programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans' Extended Health Care Services and Business Enhancements Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Ambulatory care
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Business ethics
- Chronically ill
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Coinsurance
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional tributes
- Cost effectiveness
- Defense contracts
- Defense procurement
- Dental care
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Discrimination in employment
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ex-Members of Congress
- Ex-prisoners of war
- Executive reorganization
- Executives
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- General Services Administration
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health planning
- Higher education
- Homeless
- House of Representatives
- Housing and Community Development
- Land transfers
- Leases
- Long-term care
- Medical economics
- Medical education
- Medical malpractice
- Medical research
- Mental health services
- Mental illness
- Names
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nursing homes
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Prescription pricing
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research centers
- Revolving funds
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Veterans' benefits
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House
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