Patient Advocate Tracker Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2022 Became Public Law No: 117-175.
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.
- IntroducedOct 27, 2021
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2022
- Passed SenateSep 8, 2022
- To the PresidentSep 15, 2022
- Became lawSep 16, 2022Public Law 117-175
Summary
Patient Advocate Tracker Act
This act requires the Office of Patient Advocacy within the Veterans Health Administration to establish an information technology system that allows veterans or their representatives to electronically file a complaint with a patient advocate and review the status of a filed complaint.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 202 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed411–1 | May 17, 2022 |
Cosponsors 122
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 27, 2021 to May 17, 2022; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Original | Oct 27, 2021 |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Oct 28, 2021 |
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 Oct 27, 2021Markup Apr 6, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 2, 2021Hearings Mar 16, 2022Discharged Apr 6, 2022 | |
| Technology Modernization Subcommittee | Referred Nov 2, 2021Discharged Apr 6, 2022 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 18, 2022Discharged Sep 8, 2022 |
Actions 23
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2022Signed by President.
- Sep 16, 2022Became Public Law No: 117-175.
- Sep 15, 2022Presented to President.
- Sep 8, 2022Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 8, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4519-4520)
- Sep 8, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 18, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 17, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5082-5083)
- May 17, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 1 (Roll no. 202). (text: 05/16/2022 CR H4997)
- May 17, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 16, 2022Mr. Trone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 16, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4997)
- May 16, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5754.
- May 16, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 6, 2022Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Apr 6, 2022Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Discharged.
- Apr 6, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 6, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 16, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Nov 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization.
- Oct 27, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 27, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4519, S4520 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Sep 8, 2022 |
| House | Recorded votes H5082enactLists H5083Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5754, Patient Advocate Tracker Act | — | May 17, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4997Text printed H4997 | David J. Trone D-MD, Mike Bost R-IL | May 16, 2022 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 13, 2022H.R. 5754, Patient Advocate Tracker ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 189, October 27, 2021, page H5959.
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47396 | Health Care Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation Measure P.L. 117-169 | Report | Jan 24, 2023 |
| R47105 | Taxing Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits: Federal- and State-Level Tax Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Report | May 16, 2022 |
| R47056 | Build Back Better Act (BBBA) Health Coverage Provisions: House-Passed and SenateReleased Language | Report | Mar 30, 2022 |
| R46789 | Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 117th Congress, First Session | Report | Feb 15, 2022 |
| R45046 | Congress and the War in Yemen: Oversight and Legislation 2015-2021 Archived | Report | Feb 10, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3304 | Patient Advocate Tracker Act | Identical bill | Dec 2, 2021 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of veterans to electronically submit complaints about the delivery of health care services by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Patient Advocate Tracker Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Patient Advocate Tracker Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Patient Advocate Tracker Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Patient Advocate Tracker Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Patient Advocate Tracker Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Patient Advocate Tracker 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.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 18, 2022Referred in Senate
- May 17, 2022Engrossed in House
- Oct 27, 2021Introduced 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.
