Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
Latest action · Jul 31, 2017 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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide child care assistance to an eligible veteran for any period that the veteran: (1) receives covered health care services at a VA facility, and (2) is required to travel to and return from such facility for the receipt of such services.
The bill defines: (1) "covered health care services" to mean regular mental health care services, intensive mental health care services, or such other intensive health care services to which the VA determines that provision of child care assistance would improve the veteran's access; and (2) "eligible veteran" as a veteran who is the primary caretaker of a child and who is receiving covered health care services from the VA or who is in need of, and who would receive, such services from the VA but for lack of child care.
Included among child care assistance to be provided under this bill are:
- a stipend for the payment of the full cost of child care offered by a licensed child care center, which shall be modeled after the VA's Child Care Subsidy Program;
- direct provision of child care at an on-site VA facility;
- a payment made directly to a private child care agency; and
- collaboration with a facility or program of another federal department or agency.
(Sec. 3) The bill extends through September 30, 2026, the $90 monthly limit on a VA pension paid to veterans residing in nursing homes when their nursing costs are paid through title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.
(Sec. 4) The bill extends through December 31, 2024, VA authority to collect funding fees for certain VA, VA-guaranteed, or VA-insured housing loans.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2017 to Jul 24, 2017; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Apr 17, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Jun 22, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 3, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 24, 2017 |
Committees 2
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 Jan 3, 2017Markup Jul 19, 2017Reported Jul 28, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 19, 2017Hearings Mar 29, 2017Reported Apr 6, 2017 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2017 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jul 28, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-266.
- Jul 28, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 191.
- Jul 28, 2017Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 28, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6538-6539)
- Jul 28, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 95.
- Jul 28, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6538)
- Jul 28, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 19, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 19, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 6, 2017Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Mar 29, 2017Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jan 19, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6538, H6539Text printed H6538 | David P. Roe R-TN, Julia Brownley D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Timothy J. Walz D-MN | Jul 28, 2017 |
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
- Jul 24, 2017H.R. 95, Veterans’ Access to Child Care ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 1, January 3, 2017, page H49.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-8 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON: DRAFT LEGISLATION, THE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL SCRIBE PILOT ACT OF 2017; H.R. 91; H.R. 95; H.R. 467; H.R. 907; H.R. 918; H.R. 1005; H.R. 1162; H.R. 1545; AND H.R. 166280 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 29, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 840 | Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 11, 2019 |
| HR 1948 | Veterans' Access to Child Care Act | Reintroduction of | May 11, 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 direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Veterans' Access to Child Care 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.
- Jul 31, 2017Referred in Senate
- Jul 28, 2017Engrossed in House
- Jul 28, 2017Reported in House
- Jan 3, 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.
