3.0.0 1749 2023-01-11T19:50:02Z 2023-01-11T19:50:02Z House H HR 2007-03-28 110 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2007-04-26T13:46:17Z Referred to 2007-03-28T14:03:40Z 2007-04-26 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2007-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2007-03-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E672) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT N Armed Forces and National Security Conflict of interests Congressional reporting requirements Department of Defense Disability evaluation Executive reorganization Families Family services Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Iraq compilation Military dependents Military hospitals Military medicine Ombudsman Physical therapy Quality of care Rehabilitation of the disabled Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-03-28 Introduced in House 2007-05-10T22:18:32Z Veterans' Care Advocate Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish within each Department of Defense (DOD) military medical treatment facility an Ombudsman for Recovering Servicemembers to act as a liaison for recovering servicemembers and their families with respect to their evaluation and care under the physical disability evaluation systems.

Defines as "recovering servicemembers" those in a medical hold or holdover status due to an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on active duty.

]]> Veterans' Care Advocate Act Official Title as Introduced To establish an Ombudsman in the Department of Defense to assist members of the Armed Forces seeking medical care at military medical treatment facilities. Introduced in House IH Display Title Veterans' Care Advocate Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Care Advocate Act Introduced in House 2007-03-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1749ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1749ih.xml 2007-04-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. 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.