3.0.0 2170 2023-01-11T13:29:32Z 2023-01-11T13:29:32Z Senate S 2015-10-08 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-11-18T19:34:08Z Referred to 2015-10-08T16:07:49Z VETS Act of 2015 114 2516 HR 2015-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 114 2896 S 2016-05-24 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-702. Related bill CRS Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 114 5262 HR 2016-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2015-11-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. Committee 2015-10-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-10-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-10-08 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-10-08 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2015-10-08 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2015-10-08 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2015-10-08 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-10-08 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2015-10-08 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-10-08 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-10-08 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-10-08 True T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2015-10-21 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2015-11-10 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-12-03 False Armed Forces and National Security Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Licensing and registrations Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-10-08 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-19T18:41:52Z Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 or VETS Act of 2015

Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs and who is licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her profession at any location in any state, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment.

Allows such treatment regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.

]]> VETS Act of 2015 Display Title VETS Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced VETS Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2170is/xml/BILLS-114s2170is.xml 2015-11-18 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. 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.