To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jul 19, 2022 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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimbursement of emergency treatment for veterans who are treated in a non-VA facility. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement that a veteran must have received VA care within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of emergency treatment if the veteran receives such emergency treatment within the 60-day period following their enrollment in the VA health care system.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2022 to Oct 7, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Feb 8, 2022 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Feb 8, 2022 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Mar 2, 2022 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Oct 7, 2022 |
Committees 1
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 Feb 8, 2022Markup Jul 19, 2022 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 23, 2022Hearings Mar 16, 2022Discharged Jul 18, 2022 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 19, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 18, 2022Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Mar 16, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Feb 23, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
- Sep 29, 2022H.R. 6647, To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 25, February 8, 2022, page H1074.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2022Introduced 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.
