3.0.0 1863 2023-01-11T13:27:40Z 2023-01-11T13:27:40Z House HR 2015-04-16 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 55 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BOUSTANY:H.R. 1863.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H2309]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-05-01T20:39:08Z Referred to 2015-04-16T13:06:25Z 2015-05-01 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-04-16 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-04-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-04-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] Charles Boustany R LA W. 3 N R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2015-04-21 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-04-16 Introduced in House 2015-04-28T20:38:28Z Local Care for Veterans Act

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that a veteran may elect to receive health care treatment and services in a qualifying non-VA facility if: (1) the veteran is enrolled in the VA health care system and resides not more than 50 miles from the nearest VA facility that the Secretary has identified in a prospectus level lease request as being deficient with respect to providing certain treatment or services or as needing expansion; and (2) the Secretary determines that such deficiency has not been resolved or such expansion has not occurred.

]]> Local Care for Veterans Act Display Title Local Care for Veterans Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to expand the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise receive medical care from a deficient medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Local Care for Veterans Act Introduced in House 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1863ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1863ih.xml 2015-05-01 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.