VETS Act of 2015
Latest action · Nov 18, 2015 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252.
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.
- IntroducedOct 8, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 or VETS Act of 2015
Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs and who is licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her profession at any location in any state, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment.
Allows such treatment regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2015 to Dec 3, 2015; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Oct 8, 2015 |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Oct 21, 2015 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Nov 10, 2015 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Dec 3, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 8, 2015Hearings Nov 18, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2015Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252.
- Oct 8, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Oct 8, 2015Read twice and referred to the 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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-252 | HEARING ON PENDING HEALTH AND BENEFITS LEGISLATION104 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Nov 18, 2015 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2516 | VETS Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jun 5, 2015 |
| S 2896 | Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 | Related bill | May 24, 2016 |
| HR 5262 | Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 | Related bill | May 17, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- VETS Act of 2015
- Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
