3.0.0 1930 2019-11-15T21:42:07Z 2019-11-15T21:42:07Z House H HR 2011-05-13 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEARNS:H.R. 1930.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 14[Page H3304]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-06-03T15:40:48Z Referred to 2011-05-13T13:06:15Z Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011 112 1799 S 2012-06-27 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668. Related bill CRS 2011-06-03 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2011-05-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E896) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000822 Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] CLIFF STEARNS R FL 6 N C001060 Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3] Russ Carnahan D MO 3 2011-12-07 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care quality Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-05-13 Introduced in House 2011-06-09T19:20:12Z Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011 - Includes within authorized preventive health services available to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) immunizations against infectious diseases, including each immunization on the recommended adult immunization schedule established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Requires the inclusion, in an annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on VA preventive health services, of programs conducted to ensure that veterans have received each immunization on such immunization schedule at the appropriate time.

Directs the Secretary to develop and implement quality measures and metrics to ensure that veterans receiving VA medical services receive each immunization at the time indicated on the schedule. Requires statistics related to such quality measures and metrics to be included in the annual report described above. Provides deadlines for the establishment and implementation of the measures and metrics.

]]> Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011 Display Title Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization of veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2011-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1930ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1930ih.xml 2011-06-03 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.