Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 19, 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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility leases in specified amounts for:
- outpatient clinics in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Daytona Beach, Gainesville, and Ocala, Florida; Hampton Roads, Virginia; Missoula, Montana; Northern Colorado, Colorado; Oxnard and Santa Rosa, California; Pike County, Georgia; Portland, Maine; and Raleigh, North Carolina;
- an outpatient mental health clinic and an outpatient specialty clinic in Birmingham, Alabama;
- research space in Boston, Massachusetts; Charleston, South Carolina; and Mission Bay, California;
- Chief Business Office Purchased Care office space in Denver, Colorado; and
- replacement outpatient clinics in Corpus Christi, Texas; Jacksonville and Tampa, Florida; Pontiac, Michigan; Rochester, New York (phase II); and Terre Haute, Indiana.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2017 to May 15, 2018, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| R-FL | Ron DeSantis | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jan 9, 2017 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Feb 17, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Apr 14, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | May 15, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 19, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 114 | VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Aug 12, 2017 |
| S 233 | Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Alabama
- Armed Forces and National Security
- California
- Colorado
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Florida
- Georgia
- Health facilities and institutions
- Home and outpatient care
- Indiana
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Mental health
- Michigan
- Montana
- New York State
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Veterans' medical care
- Virginia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
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