HR 635 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

HEALTHY Vets Act of 2013

Introduced Feb 13, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Stevan Pearce R-NM

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 22, 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. IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
  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 Act of 2013 or HEALTHY Vets Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran for whom Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities are geographically inaccessible (as defined under this Act), to contract for the provision of the following care: (1) primary care; (2) acute or chronic symptom management; (3) nontherapeutic medical services; and (4) other medical services determined appropriate by the director of the appropriate VA service region, after consultation with the VA physician responsible for such veteran's primary care.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive such requirement upon demonstrating, on an individual basis, that the costs of providing the contract care significantly outweigh the benefits of localized health care.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2013 to Feb 10, 2014, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-TXBill FloresOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-AKDon YoungOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-TXK. Michael ConawayOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-WVNick J. Rahall IIOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-TXRalph M. HallOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-COScott R. TiptonOriginalFeb 13, 2013
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalFeb 13, 2013
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Feb 13, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 13, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

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

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  1. Feb 13, 2013Introduced in House

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