3.0.0 3052 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z 2023-01-11T13:32:39Z Senate S 2016-06-13 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-13T21:08:53Z Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 114 5734 HR 2016-07-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2016-06-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-06-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-06-13 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2016-12-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Surgery and anesthesia Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-06-13 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-28T18:38:11Z Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out a transplant procedure for an eligible veteran notwithstanding that the live donor may not be eligible for VA health care.

The VA shall furnish to such a donor any care or services that may be required before and after conducting such procedure.

]]> Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 Display Title Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor for purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3052is/xml/BILLS-114s3052is.xml 2016-06-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.