3.0.0 3879 2023-01-11T13:29:28Z 2023-01-11T13:29:28Z House HR 2015-11-03 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 163 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. O'ROURKE:H.R. 3879.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution ofthe United States[Page H7624]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-11-06T21:13:16Z Referred to 2015-11-03T15:00:33Z Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2016 114 2922 S 2016-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2015-11-06 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-11-03 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-11-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-11-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress O000170 Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] Beto O'Rourke D TX 16 N C001077 Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] Mike Coffman R CO 6 2015-11-03 True S001168 Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] John Sarbanes D MD P. 3 2015-11-19 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 17 2015-11-19 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2016-01-06 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 3 2016-02-26 False Armed Forces and National Security Health care quality Hospital care Medical education Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-11-03 Introduced in House 2015-11-06T20:18:23Z Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into covered agreements and contracts for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of covered VA health-care resources with eligible academic affiliates in order to improve access to, and quality of, VA hospital care and medical services.

]]> Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2015 Display Title Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for covered agreements and contracts between the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and eligible academic affiliates for the mutually beneficial coordination, use, or exchange of health-care resources, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3879ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3879ih.xml 2015-11-06 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.