Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long Term Care Act
Latest action · Jul 12, 2023 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
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 16, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Veterans' Options for Long Term Care Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a three-year pilot program to assess the effectiveness of providing assisted living services to eligible veterans, including by assessing the satisfaction of veterans participating in the pilot program. Eligible veterans are those who (1) are eligible for assisted living services as determined by the VA; and (2) are already receiving nursing home level care paid for by the VA, are eligible for such care from the VA, or exceed the requirements for domiciliary care paid for by the VA but do not meet the requirements for nursing home level care paid for by the VA.
The Inspector General of the VA must report to Congress on the pilot program, and the VA must submit a follow-up plan to address any deficiencies that are identified in the report.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2023 to Jun 5, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 16, 2023 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 16, 2023 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Dec 5, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Jan 16, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jun 5, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2023Hearings Jul 12, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2023Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
- Feb 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Feb 16, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-363 | HEROES AT HOME: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS99 pages | Aging (Special) Committee · Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 5, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-192 | AN ABIDING COMMITMENT TO THOSE WHO SERVED: EXAMINING VETERANS' ACCESS TO LONG TERM CARE123 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 7, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1815 | Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long Term Care Act | Identical bill | Jul 18, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide assisted living services for eligible veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long Term Care Act
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 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
