Ask Veterans Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2015 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ask Veterans Act
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with an experienced non-government entity to conduct an annual survey, over a five-year period, to determine the experiences of veterans in obtaining hospital care and medical services at each VA medical facility.
Requires those surveys to include questions relating to:
- a veteran's ability to obtain hospital care and medical services at the facility in a timely manner,
- the time between the date the veteran requests an appointment and the date the appointment is scheduled,
- the frequency with which scheduled appointments are cancelled, and
- the quality of hospital care or medical services received.
Directs the Secretary to make the results of the surveys publicly available on the VA's Internet website.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2015 to Sep 21, 2016; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Mar 4, 2015 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Apr 23, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Sep 21, 2016 |
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 Mar 4, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2015Hearings Nov 17, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 4, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 4, 2015Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 37, March 4, 2015, page H1617.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-65 | A CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF DELAYS IN VETERANS' ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE76 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 19, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-44 | [ERRATA] LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON: H.R. 1319; H.R. 1603; H.R. 1904; H.R. 2639; H.R. 3234; H.R. 3471; H.R. 3549; DRAFT LEGISLATION, THE PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE OPIOID MANAGEMENT AND INCORPORATING MEDICAL EXPERTISE ACT; AND, A VA LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, THE VA PURCHASED HEALTH CARE STREAMLINING AND MODERNIZATION ACT2 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Serial No. 114-44 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON: H.R. 1319; H.R. 1603; H.R. 1904; H.R. 2639; H.R. 3234; H.R. 3471; H.R. 3549; DRAFT LEGISLATION, THE PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE OPIOID MANAGEMENT AND INCORPORATING MEDICAL EXPERTISE ACT; AND, A VA LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, THE VA PURCHASED HEALTH CARE STREAMLINING AND MODERNIZATION ACT92 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Nov 17, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1507 | Ask Veterans Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 27, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ask Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2015Introduced 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.
