3.0.0 2896 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z Senate S 2016-04-28 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2016-05-24T18:15:00Z Referred to 2016-04-28T22:27:45Z VETS Act of 2015 114 2516 HR 2015-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS VETS Act of 2015 114 2170 S 2015-11-18 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. 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 VA Best-Practices Peer Review Act of 2016 114 3516 S 2016-12-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 717. Related bill CRS 2016-05-24 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-702. Committee 2016-04-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2016-04-28 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2016-04-28 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2016-04-28 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-04-28 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2016-04-28 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2016-04-28 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2016-04-28 True Armed Forces and National Security Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Hospital care Licensing and registrations Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-07T19:37:17Z Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Veterans Choice Program permanent.

Program eligibility is expanded to include all veterans who are enrolled in the annual patient enrollment system under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital care and medical services program.

The VA shall provide information about the availability of Program care and services to veterans who are new to, or already enrolled, in the system.

The VA shall contract with a national chain of walk-in clinics to provide hospital care and medical services in such clinics to veterans who are in the annual patient enrollment system. A veteran shall not be required to: (1) obtain pre-authorization for such care, or (2) pay a copayment to the clinic or to the VA.

Such national chain shall establish an automated system to provide the VA with weekly information on veterans receiving hospital care or medical services.

A covered health care professional may practice his or her health care profession at any location in any state, regardless of where such health care professional or the patient is located, if the health care professional is using telemedicine to treat an individual. Such treatment is permitted regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.

"Covered health care professional" means a health care professional who is: (1) authorized by the VA to provide health care, including a private health care professional who provides such care under a VA contract or agreement; and (2) licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her health care profession.

The VA shall:

  • extend the operating hours for each VA pharmacy to include weekday evenings until 8:00 p.m., weekends, and federal holidays; and
  • contract with qualifying physicians and nurses to work at VA medical facilities during nights and weekends.

The VA may: (1) hire support staff in connection with such extended operating hours, and (2) provide for a nongovernmental hospital organization best-practices peer review of each VA medical center.

]]> Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 Display Title Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to eliminate the sunset date for the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand eligibility for such program, and to extend certain operating hours for pharmacies and medical facilities of the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2896is/xml/BILLS-114s2896is.xml 2016-05-24 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-702. 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.