3.0.0 2172 2023-01-11T15:47:58Z 2023-01-11T15:47:58Z House H HR 2007-05-03 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-06-14T21:04:06Z Referred to 2007-05-07T21:03:02Z Referred to 2007-05-03T14:07:35Z 2007-06-14 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-05-07 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 N F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2007-06-21 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-04-29 False Armed Forces and National Security Accreditation (Medical care) Clinics Disabled Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government procurement Government publicity Health Health education Maintenance and repair Medical laboratories Medical technology Planning Prosthesis Science, Technology, Communications Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-05-03 Introduced in House 2007-06-27T19:38:00Z Amputee Veteran Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) orthotic-prosthetic laboratories and clinics are certified by either the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics or the Board of Orthotics and Prosthetic Certification.

Requires the Secretary to contract with a non-VA entity for the service and repair of prosthetic devices for a veteran if: (1) the Secretary determines that VA facilities are unable to perform such service or repair due to a lack of technology or any other reason; or (2) the veteran needing such service or repair resides more than 55 miles from the nearest VA facility capable of furnishing such service or repair.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and carry out a plan to inform disabled veterans at least twice a year of technological advances in the field of prosthetics; (2) review all VA orthotic-prosthetic laboratories and clinics to ensure that the VA is capable of servicing and repairing the most technologically advanced prosthetic devices; and (3) review VA prosthetists and orthotists to determine the level and kinds of education required to ensure their qualification to provide the most technologically advanced prosthetic devices.

]]> Amputee Veteran Assistance Act Display Title Amputee Veteran Assistance Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that all Department of Veterans Affairs orthotic-prosthetic laboratories, clinics, and prosthesists are certified by either the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics or the Board of Orthotics and Prosthetic Certification, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Amputee Veteran Assistance Act Introduced in House 2007-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2172ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2172ih.xml 2007-06-14 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.