Blinded Veterans Continuum of Care Act of 2005
Latest action · Aug 15, 2005 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.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Blinded Veterans Continuum of Care Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign at least one employee of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who is designated as a blind rehabilitation outpatient specialist to each Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility: (1) which has a visual impairment services team with a full-time coordinator; or (2) in which the number of veterans enrolled in the veterans' patient enrollment system who reside in the catchment area of that facility exceeds 150.
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2005 to Nov 14, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Sep 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Michael Bilirakis | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Nov 16, 2005 | |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Dec 7, 2005 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Feb 14, 2006 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Feb 14, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Mar 9, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 4, 2006 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Apr 4, 2006 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | May 19, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 11, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Sep 25, 2006 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Nov 14, 2006 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Nov 14, 2006 |
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 Jul 28, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 15, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 15, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | OVERSIGHT HEARING TO REVIEW PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE UPCOMING YEAR HEARING I200 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 20, 2006 |
| Serial No. 109-36 | FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY RELIEF: THE REGULATORS' VIEWS301 pages | Financial Services Committee | Jun 9, 2005 |
| Serial No. 109-32 | FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY RELIEF: PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVES307 pages | Financial Services Committee | May 19, 2005 |
| Serial No. 109-6 | OVERVIEW OF THE TAX-EXEMPT SECTOR173 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Apr 20, 2005 |
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 require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide sufficient blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Blinded Veterans Continuum of Care Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Blind
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuum of care
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Disabled
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Iraq compilation
- Medical personnel
- Rehabilitation of the disabled
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
- War casualties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
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