3.0.0 1991 2023-01-11T13:29:57Z 2023-01-11T13:29:57Z Senate S 2015-08-05 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-08-05T23:21:24Z Veterans Freedom of Healthcare Act 114 3980 HR 2015-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Veterans Health Care Freedom Act 114 3183 HR 2015-07-23 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2015-08-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6391) IntroReferral 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2016-09-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Hospital care Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-18T20:17:23Z Permanent Department of Veterans Affairs Choice Card Act of 2015

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Choice Program permanent. (The program allows the furnishing of hospital care and medical services to eligible veterans through agreements with non-VA entities.)

Eligibility requirements under the program are revised.

]]> Permanent Department of Veterans Affairs Choice Card Act of 2015 Display Title Permanent Department of Veterans Affairs Choice Card Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to eliminate the sunset date for the Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for such program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Permanent Department of Veterans Affairs Choice Card Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1991is/xml/BILLS-114s1991is.xml 2015-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6391) 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.