Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 16, 2019 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, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2019
This bill expands and makes permanent the Veterans Choice Program. The program allows eligible veterans to receive health care in their communities rather than at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility when certain hardships exist (e.g., when a veteran resides more than 40 miles from a VA facility).
The bill expands program eligibility to include veterans with a service-connected disability rated at 50% or more.
Additionally, the bill requires the VA to contract with a national chain of walk-in clinics to provide hospital care and medical services in such clinics to veterans who are in the annual patient enrollment system. The clinics may not require a preauthorization or a co-payment for treatment.
Under the bill, an authorized health care professional may provide treatment via telemedicine at any location in any state, regardless of where such health care professional or the patient is located.
The bill requires the VA to extend the operating hours for VA pharmacies and medical facilities.
Finally, the VA may provide for a nongovernmental hospital organization best-practices peer review of each VA medical center.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 11, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jun 11, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Disability and paralysis
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hospital care
- Licensing and registrations
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
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