3.0.0 5622 2022-02-03T05:17:38Z 2022-02-03T05:17:38Z House H HR 2008-03-13 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-04-15T15:04:48Z Referred to 2008-03-14T15:04:43Z Referred to 2008-03-13T14:32:50Z 2008-04-15 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2008-03-14 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-03-13 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001247 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] Ginny Brown-Waite R FL 5 N Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Government service contracts Health Hospital care Standards Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-03-13 Introduced in House 2008-06-09T20:09:54Z Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot program to ensure that, for each veteran seeking primary care from a participating medical facility, the standard for access to such care, determined from the date that the veteran contacts the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) seeking an appointment until a visit with a primary-care provider is completed, is 30 days.

Directs the Secretary to periodically review the performance of VA health-care facilities in meeting such standards. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for health care services in non-VA facilities when the Secretary is unable to meet access standards.

]]> Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act Display Title Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5622ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5622ih.xml 2008-04-15 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.