Expanding Care for Veterans Act
Latest action · Mar 28, 2019 Referred to the House 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.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Care for Veterans Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a plan to expand the scope of research and education on and delivery of complementary and integrative medicine services (products and practices that are not currently part of mainstream, conventional medical practice) for veterans. The bill also requires the VA to define in regulations the meaning of complementary and integrative medicine.
The VA must implement a three-year program at not fewer than 15 VA medical centers to assess the feasibility and advisability of integrating the delivery of complementary and integrative medicine services for veterans with mental health conditions, chronic pain conditions, and other chronic conditions.
The bill requires the VA to contract with a qualified independent entity to conduct studies of the barriers encountered by veterans in receiving (and administrators and clinicians in providing) complementary and integrative medicine services. The National Research Advisory Council must review the results of the studies and submit findings to the VA.
Finally, the VA must implement a three-year grant program awarding grants to public or private nonprofit entities to assess the feasibility and advisability of using wellness programs to complement the provision of mental health care to veterans and family members who are eligible for readjustment counseling from the VA.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Nov 13, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 28, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Alternative treatments
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Research administration and funding
- Veterans' medical care
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2019Introduced in House
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