Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017
Latest action · Mar 31, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMar 30, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the VA's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest VA medical facility providing the care they seek.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 30, 2017 to Sep 6, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Mar 30, 2017 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| R-OK | Jim Bridenstine | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 16, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | May 22, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | May 24, 2017 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | May 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 24, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 7, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jun 7, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Sep 6, 2017 |
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 30, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 31, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 30, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 30, 2017Referred 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. 163, no. 56, March 30, 2017, page H2601.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought by the veteran.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017
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 30, 2017Introduced 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.
