3.0.0 172 2023-01-11T13:28:52Z 2023-01-11T13:28:52Z Senate S 2015-01-13 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-06-03T18:30:00Z Referred to 2015-01-13T22:22:26Z 2015-06-03 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-201. Committee 2015-01-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-01-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Veterans Affairs Health care quality Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-01-13 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-04T22:19:19Z Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2015

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 publication and implementation of the measures and metrics.

]]> Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2015 Display Title Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization of veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s172is/xml/BILLS-114s172is.xml 2015-06-03 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-201. 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.