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 |
Committees 2
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 Apr 27, 2010Markup May 12, 2010Reported May 20, 2010 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 27, 2010Markup Apr 29, 2010Reported Apr 29, 2010 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 26, 2010 |
Actions 17
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, 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)
- May 25, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 24, 2010Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 24, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3721-3723)
- May 24, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5145.
- May 24, 2010At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- May 20, 2010Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-489.
- May 20, 2010Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 277.
- May 12, 2010Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 12, 2010Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Apr 29, 2010Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 29, 2010Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Apr 27, 2010Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Apr 27, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
In the Congressional Record 4
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 E1033 | Todd Tiahrt R-KS | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E988 | Laura Richardson D-CA | May 28, 2010 |
| House | Recorded votes H3766enact | — | May 25, 2010 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3721–H3723Text printed H3721 | Bob Filner D-CA, Steve Buyer R-IN, Steve Scalise R-LA | May 24, 2010 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 18, 2010H.R. 5145, Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 12, 2010</p>
- May 18, 2010H.R. 5145, Assuring Quality Care for Veterans ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 12, 2010
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the continuing professional education reimbursement provided to health professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
