Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act
Latest action · May 26, 2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2010
- Passed HouseMay 25, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act - Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse any full-time board-certified health professional (under current law, physician or dentist) appointed to the VA for continuing professional education expenses incurred, up to $1,600 per year (under current law, $1,000).
Directs that the expenses incurred be required to maintain licensure.
Prohibits reimbursement for the same expenses incurred for continuing professional education provided by a VA medical center.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 294 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed413–2 | May 25, 2010 |
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2010 to May 12, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | May 12, 2010 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 25, 2010Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3769-3770)
- May 25, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 25, 2010On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 2 (Roll no. 294). (text: CR 5/24/2010 H3721-3722)
- May 25, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 2 (Roll no. 294).(text: CR 5/24/2010 H3721-3722)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2010Referred in Senate
- May 25, 2010Engrossed in House
- May 20, 2010Reported in House
- Apr 27, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.