Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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 5, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to place certain disabled veterans in medical foster homes at the request of such veterans. Specifically, the bill concerns veterans with service-connected disabilities to whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care. Medical foster homes are homes designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting.
In any year, not more than a daily average of 900 veterans placed in a medical foster home may have their care covered.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2019 to Feb 28, 2020, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Mar 5, 2019 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Mar 5, 2019 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Mar 5, 2019 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Mar 5, 2019 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Mar 5, 2019 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 15, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | May 28, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-SC | Joe Cunningham | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jan 7, 2020 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 12, 2020Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 12, 2020Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Sep 11, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 29, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3408 | Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act | Identical bill | Mar 5, 2020 |
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 5, 2019Introduced in House
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