HR 7158 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Introduced Mar 18, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Clay Higgins R-LA

Latest action · Dec 5, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the 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 18, 2022
Passed HouseDec 1, 2022
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to pay for specified veterans (i.e., certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and require nursing home care) to be placed in medical foster homes at their request. A medical foster home is a home designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting.

Veterans receiving such care must agree, as a condition of payment for their care, to accept home health services furnished by the VA.

Under the bill, no more than a daily average of 900 veterans may have their care in a medical foster home covered by the VA.

The VA must create a monitoring system to assess its workload in carrying out the medical foster home payments. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress reports that assess the implementation of this program and provide recommendations for improvements.

The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through February 15, 2031, under the VA's home loan program.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2022 to Nov 29, 2022; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AL	Barry Moore	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-FL	Brian J. Mast	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Mar 18, 2022
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-IN	James R. Baird	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón	Original	Mar 18, 2022
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-TN	Mark E. Green	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-MT	Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Mar 18, 2022
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 16, 2022
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Sep 29, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Nov 29, 2022

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 Mar 18, 2022Markup Apr 6, 2022
Senate	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Dec 5, 2022

Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 5, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 1, 2022Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1499, proceedings on H.R. 7158 are considered vacated.
Dec 1, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1499, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 4601, as amended; H.R. 4772, as amended; H.R. 4899; H.R. 5943, as amended; H.R. 7158, as amended; H.R. 8203; H.R. 9308; and S. 3825; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 744, as amended; and H. Res. 922, as amended. (consideration: CR H8696-8700; text: CR H8697-8698)
Nov 29, 2022Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 29, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8607-8609; text: CR H8607-8608)
Nov 29, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7158.
Nov 29, 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, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 6, 2022Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Mar 18, 2022Introduced in House
Mar 18, 2022Referred 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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1213	Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Dec 5, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H8696Text printed H8697	Steny H. Hoyer D-MD	Dec 1, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H8607–H8609Text printed H8607Notices H8645Estimated budget effects of H.R. 7158, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice ActTables H8645Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 7158, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act	Clay Higgins R-LA, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL	Nov 29, 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 estimates 2

Nov 29, 2022Estimated Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 7158, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice ActAs Posted to the Website of the Clerk of the House on November 25, 2022
Jun 10, 2022H.R. 7158, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Under Article 1, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing Powers and All Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or Any Department of Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 49, March 18, 2022, page H3854.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 1499	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3372) to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6878) to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth,and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8876) to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 100) to provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees; and for other purposes.	Related bill	Nov 30, 2022
S 2852	Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act	Identical bill	Dec 15, 2021

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of care in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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