3.0.0 963 2019-11-15T21:52:48Z 2019-11-15T21:52:48Z Senate S S 2005-04-28 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-29T00:10:24Z 2005-04-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-04-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6400-6401) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2005-06-06 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-06-08 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2005-06-27 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-07-21 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-07-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Armed forces reserves Chronically ill Collection of accounts Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Day care Disabled Drugs Economics and Public Finance Families Finance and Financial Sector Government trust funds Governmental investigations Health Health insurance Hospital rates Housing and Community Development Insurance companies Medicare Military dependents Military medicine National Guard Rural health Social Welfare Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2005-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2005-06-08T18:50:01Z Veterans' Health Care and Equitable Access Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified funds available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) for Veterans Health Administration FY 2007 programs.

Prohibits fund use for: (1) construction, acquisition, or alteration of veterans' medical facilities (other than for certain repairs); or (2) grants for the construction of State home facilities for veterans' domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to improve health care access for rural veterans.

Provides: (1) for travel reimbursement for veterans receiving treatment in VA facilities at the same as for Federal employees on official business; (2) that the disability rating for a veteran who loses a limb as a result of a service-connected injury shall be at least 50 percent; and (3) that if a member of the Armed Forces, National Guard, or Reserve dies while on active service or active status such individual's child enrolled in any Federal child care program shall continue receiving such services for 24 months after such death.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare subvention project under which HHS shall reimburse the VA for Medicare health care services furnished to Medicare-eligible veterans in VA facilities.

]]> Veterans' Health Care and Equitable Access Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Health Care and Equitable Access Act of 2005 Display Title Veterans' Health Care and Equitable Access Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans' health care, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to improve access to health care for rural veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-28T04:00:00Z 2005-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.