HR 294 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Introduced Jan 13, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Jeff Miller R-FL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 3, 2015 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2015
  2. Passed HouseMar 2, 2015
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

(Sec. 2) Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2015, at the request of a veteran for whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care, to place such veteran in a medical foster home that meets VA standards. Requires such veteran to agree, as a condition of such placement, to accept VA home health services.

Limits the number of veterans placed in a medical foster home that may have their care covered at the expense of the United States to 900.

Amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to reduce the aggregate amount of awards and bonuses that may be paid by the VA in each of FY2015-FY2018 to $300 million.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 107On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed405–0Mar 2, 2015

Yea 405

Not voting 27

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 20, 2015 to Mar 2, 2015.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OKTom ColeFeb 20, 2015
D-NJDonald NorcrossMar 2, 2015

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Jan 13, 2015Hearings Jan 27, 2015Markup Feb 12, 2015Reported Mar 2, 2015
SenateVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 3, 2015

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 3, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. Mar 2, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-35.
  3. Mar 2, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 24.
  4. Mar 2, 2015Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  5. Mar 2, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1509-1510)
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In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E314Ander Crenshaw R-FLMar 6, 2015
HouseDebate and remarks H1509–H1511Text printed H1509Recorded votes H1510enactCorrine Brown D-FL, Jeff Miller R-FL, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXMar 2, 2015

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 estimate

  1. Mar 2, 2015H.R. 294, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2015

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 6, January 13, 2015, page H359.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 114-3LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 189, H.R. 216, H.R. 245, H.R. 280, AND H.R. 29479 pagesVeterans' Affairs CommitteeJan 27, 2015

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 authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of veterans to non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently.
Official Titles as Amended by House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently.
Short Titles as Introduced
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Short Titles as Passed House
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice 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.

  1. Mar 3, 2015Referred in Senate
  2. Mar 2, 2015Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 2, 2015Reported in House
  4. Jan 13, 2015Introduced in House

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