3.0.0 5730 2022-02-03T05:17:38Z 2022-02-03T05:17:38Z House H HR 2008-04-08 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-04-15T15:09:22Z Referred to 2008-04-11T15:09:16Z Referred to 2008-04-08T16:32:45Z 2008-04-15 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2008-04-11 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-04-08 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 N Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Clinics Government Operations and Politics Health Housing and Community Development Labor and Employment Patients' rights Prosthesis Quality of care Signs and signboards Veterans' benefits Veterans' employment Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Veterans' rehabilitation Vocational rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-04-08 Introduced in House 2008-06-18T20:18:14Z Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is displayed prominently in each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prosthetic and orthotic clinic.

Includes in the Bill of Rights the right to: (1) access the highest quality prosthetic and orthotic care; (2) select the practitioner that best meets their prosthetic and orthotic needs; (3) timely and efficient prosthetic and orthotic care; and (4) transition and readjust to civilian life in an honorable manner, including by having ample access to vocational rehabilitation, employment programs, and housing assistance.

]]> To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each prosthetic and orthotic clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. Display Title To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each prosthetic and orthotic clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each prosthetic and orthotic clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. Introduced in House 2008-04-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5730ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5730ih.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.