HR 3777 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2004

Introduced Feb 4, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Scott McInnis R-CO

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 13, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 4, 2004
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran for whom Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities are geographically inaccessible, to use current authority for contracting out veterans' medical care to non-Department facilities in order to provide the following care to such veterans: (1) primary care; (2) acute or chronic symptom management; (3) nontherapeutic medical services; and (4) other medical services determined appropriate by the director of that geographic service region, after consultation with the Department physician responsible for the primary care of the veteran. Outlines conditions under which Department facilities shall be deemed geographically inaccessible. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement of geographic inaccessibility, on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines that the costs to the Department of providing such care significantly outweigh the benefits of localized health care for the veteran.

Cosponsors 54

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2004 to Sep 8, 2004; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABob FilnerOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-MSCharles W. "Chip" PickeringOriginalFeb 4, 2004
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-WADoc HastingsOriginalFeb 4, 2004
D-HIEd CaseOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-OKErnest J. Istook Jr.OriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-ORGreg WaldenOriginalFeb 4, 2004
D-GAJim MarshallOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-PAJohn E. PetersonOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-COMarilyn N. MusgraveOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-WIMark GreenOriginalFeb 4, 2004
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalFeb 4, 2004
D-TXMax SandlinOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonOriginalFeb 4, 2004
D-VARick BoucherOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-TXRon PaulOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-NMStevan PearceOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-IASteve KingOriginalFeb 4, 2004
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalFeb 4, 2004
D-TXCharles W. StenholmFeb 11, 2004
R-NEDoug BereuterFeb 11, 2004
R-COJoel HefleyFeb 11, 2004
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettFeb 11, 2004
R-NETom OsborneFeb 11, 2004
R-IDC. L. (Butch) OtterMar 2, 2004
D-TXChet EdwardsMar 2, 2004
D-ARMike RossMar 2, 2004
R-NHJeb BradleyMar 17, 2004
R-COBob BeauprezMar 18, 2004
D-TXJim TurnerApr 21, 2004
D-CACalvin M. DooleyApr 27, 2004
R-INChris ChocolaApr 27, 2004
D-MNJames L. OberstarApr 27, 2004
R-SCJoe WilsonApr 27, 2004
R-TXRalph M. HallApr 27, 2004
R-MSRoger F. WickerApr 27, 2004
R-MIDave CampApr 28, 2004
D-KSDennis MooreApr 28, 2004
R-ILJohn ShimkusApr 28, 2004
D-KYKen LucasApr 28, 2004
R-MINick SmithApr 28, 2004
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeApr 28, 2004
D-CADennis A. CardozaMay 5, 2004
D-NCFrank W. Ballance Jr.May 5, 2004
R-MOJo Ann EmersonMay 5, 2004
D-TNLincoln DavisMay 6, 2004
R-MIPeter HoekstraMay 11, 2004
R-KSJerry MoranMay 13, 2004
D-KYBen ChandlerMay 20, 2004
D-TXRuben HinojosaJun 2, 2004
R-FLJeff MillerJun 15, 2004
R-NHCharles F. BassSep 8, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 4, 2004
Health Subcommittee
Referred Apr 13, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 13, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 4, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Feb 4, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E355C. L. (Butch) Otter R-IDMar 11, 2004
HouseDebate and remarks H929Max Burns R-GAMar 10, 2004

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2004
Popular Titles
HEALTHY Vets Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 4, 2004Introduced in House

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