3.0.0 3387 2023-01-15T07:47:45Z 2023-01-15T07:47:45Z House H HR 2003-10-29 108 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-11-13T16:17:26Z Referred to 2003-10-29T15:00:25Z Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003 108 1156 S 2003-12-06 Became Public Law No: 108-170. Procedurally-related House 2003-12-06 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions -See Public Law 108-170. Committee 2003-11-19 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions -Similar provision incorporated. See S. 1156, Title I, Section 104, and Title IV, Sections 404 and 405. Committee 2003-11-13 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-10-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2158-2159) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-29 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2003-10-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 N R000568 Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28] CIRO RODRIGUEZ D TX D. 28 2003-10-29 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2003-10-30 False G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2003-11-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Child health Chronically ill Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Environmental Protection Families Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Gulf War syndrome Health Health counseling Health insurance Herbicides Hospital care Housing and Community Development Infants Job hunting Labor and Employment Land transfers Leases Loan defaults Maternal health services Mental health services Mental illness Nonprofit organizations Nursing homes Post-traumatic stress disorder Psychotherapy Public Lands and Natural Resources Rape Sex crimes Shelters for the homeless Social Welfare Veterans' hospitals Veterans' loans Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation Vietnam veterans Women Women veterans Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2003-10-29 Introduced in House 2004-01-23T15:03:26Z Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish care to a newborn child of a veteran who is receiving maternity care furnished through the Department of Veterans Affairs for up to 14 days after the birth of the child if the veteran delivered the child in a Department facility or a non-Department facility under a Department contract for delivery services.

Repeals a provision which excludes certain vocational rehabilitation services from those authorized to be provided to ill or disabled veterans. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish: (1) work skills training and development services; (2) employment support services; and (3) job development and placement services.

Extends through 2008 Department authority to provide specialized hospital, medical, and nursing home care to: (1) Vietnam-era herbicide-exposed veterans; and (2) Persian Gulf War veterans.

Requires an individual applying for any medical care through the Department to furnish the Secretary with information on any health-plan contract under which such individual is covered. Authorizes the Secretary to deny any application not containing such information.

Extends through: (1) 2008 Department authority to lease to nonprofit organizations or States real property on which veterans have defaulted on Department-guaranteed loans; (2) 2009 certain annual reports; and (3) 2008 the provision of readjustment counseling for Vietnam-era veterans.

Makes permanent (currently expires December 31, 2004) Department authority to provide sexual trauma counseling to veterans.

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