HR 2001 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

VETS Act of 2013

Introduced May 15, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Charles B. Rangel D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 24, 2013 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. IntroducedMay 15, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2013 or VETS Act of 2013 - Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and who is a licensed professional to practice at any location in any state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth, territory, or possession, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether such professional or patient is located in a facility owned by the federal government.

Cosponsors 70

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2013 to Jul 30, 2014, with 22 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MSAlan NunneleeOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 15, 2013
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalMay 15, 2013
R-CAGary G. MillerOriginalMay 15, 2013
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-TNJim CooperOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-CALois CappsOriginalMay 15, 2013
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalMay 15, 2013
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMay 15, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 24, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 15, 2013Introduced in House
  3. May 15, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. May 15, 2013Introduced in House

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