Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to make hepatitis C testing available to certain veterans at events organized by veterans service organizations. To be eligible, a veteran must have served in the active military, naval, or air service between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
The program shall be carried out in two rural and three urban Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas).
The VA shall expand the program to all networks if at least 350,000 veterans are tested for hepatitis C by the program's termination date.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2019 to Sep 21, 2020, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | May 16, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jul 22, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 11, 2019 |
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.
- Jun 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2019Introduced in House
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