3.0.0 2405 2023-01-11T13:19:13Z 2023-01-11T13:19:13Z House H HR 2009-05-14 111 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-05-15T16:19:10Z Referred to 2009-05-14T14:03:43Z 2009-05-15 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-05-14 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2009-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] TOM LATHAM R IA 4 N M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2009-05-14 True M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2009-05-14 True L000554 Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 2009-06-03 False S001179 Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18] Aaron Schock R IL 18 2009-12-02 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-05-14 Introduced in House 2009-06-04T16:46:20Z Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act - Allows a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) annual patient enrollment system to elect to receive covered health services through a non-VA facility. (Under current law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may contract for such services when VA facilities are not capable of furnishing economic hospital care or medical services because of geographical inaccessibility or are not capable of furnishing the care or services required.) Directs the Secretary to authorize such services pursuant to a contract with such facility.

Authorizes the Secretary to furnish to veterans through a VA health care facility drugs and medicines ordered on prescription of a duly licensed private physician under contract with the VA.

]]> Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act Display Title Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans enrolled in the health system of the Department of Veterans Affairs the option of receiving covered health services through facilities other than those of the Department. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act Introduced in House 2009-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2405ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2405ih.xml 2009-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.