3.0.0 6185 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z House H HR 2006-09-26 109 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2006-10-10T19:25:57Z Referred to 2006-09-26T13:00:15Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-10-05T17:50:59Z Referred to 2006-09-26T13:00:10Z 2006-10-10 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2006-10-05 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-09-26 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2006-09-26 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-26 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2006-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001035 Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13] Katherine Harris R FL 13 N S001152 Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] ROB SIMMONS R CT 2 2006-09-26 True B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2006-09-26 True Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Administrative procedure Afghanistan Ambulatory care Armed forces abroad Authorization Birth defects Blind Case management Child health Chronically ill Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinics Coinsurance Collection of accounts Commerce Community health services Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drugs Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Executive reorganization Families Family services Federal advisory bodies Federal employees Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health Health education Health information systems Health insurance Homeless Hospital care Hospital rates Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Infants Iraq Iraq compilation Job hunting Kentucky Labor and Employment Land transfers Louisiana Marriage counseling Medical economics Medical fees Medical records Mental health services Mental illness Middle East and North Africa Military medicine Military occupation Military operations Mississippi National Guard Nurses Post-traumatic stress disorder Prescription pricing Privatization Psychologists Public Lands and Natural Resources Rehabilitation of the disabled Right of privacy Salaries Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Telemedicine Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Veterans' benefits Veterans' employment Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Vietnam veterans Vocational guidance Women Women veterans Armed Forces and National Security

00 2006-09-26 Introduced in House 2006-12-07T00:05:53Z Veterans Health Care Act of 2006 - Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to, among other things: (1) authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in certain cases, to furnish up to 14 days of postnatal care to the newborn child of a woman veteran; (2) revise third-party payer provisions relating to health care furnished through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for spina bifida and associated disabilities in the children of Vietnam veterans; (3) make permanent the homeless veterans' comprehensive services program; (4) include as authorized VA mental health service providers marriage and family therapists and professional mental health counselors; (5) provide a pay level adjustment for the Chief Nursing Officer; (6) authorize VA vs. private contractor cost comparison studies with respect to certain commercial or industrial products; (7) direct the Secretary to expand certain veterans' mental health clinical services and education programs; (8) provide an exception to the confidentiality of VA medical records in the case of possible organ donations; (9) direct the Secretary to expand the National Guard outreach program and telehealth services; (10) allow limited veterans' travel reimbursement in connection with treatment or care for a non-service-connected disability; (11) establish VA blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists; (12) provide priority health care and services for certain veterans affected by Hurricane Katrina; (13) authorize the Secretary to reimburse veterans for certain outstanding emergency treatment expenses for which they remain personally liable; and (14) authorize the Secretary to convey to the city of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, certain property located in the Tower Park area of Fort Thomas.

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