3.0.0 6445 2022-02-03T05:19:39Z 2022-02-03T05:19:39Z House H HR 2008-07-09 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-31T23:39:34Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Reported by 2008-07-10T17:30:30Z Markup by 2008-07-10T17:30:23Z Referred to 2008-07-10T17:26:32Z Reported by 2008-07-29T18:19:18Z Markup by 2008-07-16T22:18:27Z Referred to 2008-07-09T14:05:00Z H. Rept. 110-786 2008-07-31 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-07-30 15:09:12 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. Floor H38800 2 House floor actions 2008-07-30 15:09:04 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-07-30 15:09:03 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 0 (Roll no. 541). (text: CR 7/29/2008 H7240) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 541 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll541.xml House 110 2008-07-30T19:09:03Z 2 2008-07-30 15:09:03 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 421 - 0 (Roll no. 541).(text: CR 7/29/2008 H7240) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 541 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll541.xml House 110 2008-07-30T19:09:03Z 2 2008-07-30 14:56:37 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7531) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-07-29 17:05:07 At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Moran (KS) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn. Floor H37210 2 House floor actions 2008-07-29 16:47:42 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6445. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-07-29 16:47:19 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7240-7244) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-07-29 16:47:06 Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-07-29 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00505 2008-07-29 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 110-786. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-07-29 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 110-786. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-07-16 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2008-07-16 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2008-07-10 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent . Committee 2008-07-10 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2008-07-10 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001073 Rep. Cazayoux, Donald J., Jr. [D-LA-6] Donald Cazayoux D LA J. 6 N B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2008-07-09 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2008-07-09 True H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2008-07-09 True M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2008-07-09 True S001158 Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] John Salazar D CO T. 3 2008-07-14 False B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2008-07-15 False S001173 Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] Zachary Space D OH T. 18 2008-07-22 False B001203 Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] STEPHEN BUYER R IN E. 4 2008-07-24 False B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2008-07-29 False 2008-07-28T04:00:00Z H.R. 6445, Veterans Health Care Policy Enhancements Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20115 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2008</p> 2008-07-28T04:00:00Z H.R. 6445, Veterans Health Care Policy Enhancements Act of 2008 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20115 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2008 Armed Forces and National Security AIDS (Disease) Coinsurance Collection of accounts Counseling Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Executive reorganization Families Family services Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health Hospital care Hospital rates Human immunodeficiency viruses Medical economics Medical screening Medical tests Nursing homes Pain Social Welfare Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-07-09 Introduced in House 2008-07-29T15:13:21Z Prohibits the collection by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of copayments or other fees for hospital or nursing home care in the case of catastrophically disabled veterans.

]]> 36 2008-07-30 Passed House amended 2008-10-27T16:39:33Z Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Prohibits the collection by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of copayments or other fees for hospital or nursing home care in the case of catastrophically disabled veterans.

(Sec. 3) Repeals a current requirement that, in order for a family member of a non-service-connected disabled veteran to be eligible for counseling services, the counseling must be essential to permit the discharge of the veteran from the hospital.

(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) develop and implement a comprehensive policy on the management of pain experienced by veterans enrolled for VA health care services; (2) periodically revise the policy; and (3) report annually through FY2018 to the congressional veterans' committees on policy implementation.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary, within five years after the enactment of this Act, to establish up to seven consolidated patient accounting centers for conducting industry-modeled regionalized VA billing and collection activities.

(Sec. 6) Repeals a provision of the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 requiring written informed consent for HIV testing among veterans.

]]> Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Reported to House Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008 H House Short Titles as Passed House Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008 H House Display Title Veterans' Health Care Policy Enhancement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled. Official Titles as Amended by House To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans who are catastrophically disabled, and for other purposes. H House Referred in Senate 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2008-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6445eh/xml/BILLS-110hr6445eh.xml Reported in House 2008-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6445rh/xml/BILLS-110hr6445rh.xml Introduced in House 2008-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6445ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6445ih.xml 2008-07-31 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.