3.0.0 1526 2023-01-11T13:37:08Z 2023-01-11T13:37:08Z Senate S 2017-07-11 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-11T19:27:33Z Protecting Access to Care for Veterans Act of 2017 115 1527 S 2017-07-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Related bill CRS 2017-07-11 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-07-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2017-07-11 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-07-11 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-07-11 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-07-11 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-07-11 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-07-11 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-07-11 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-07-17 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-07-20 False Armed Forces and National Security Alabama Appropriations Colorado Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Florida Georgia Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Indiana Maine Massachusetts Medical education Michigan Montana New York City Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Veterans' medical care Virginia Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-07-11 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-03T14:34:41Z Veterans Access to Care Act of 2017

This bill authorizes and appropriates funds for: (1) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, and (2) the veterans choice program.

The VA shall conduct a program to increase by up to 1,500 the number of graduate medical education residency positions at covered facilities.

The bill expands: (1) eligibility for the VA family caregiver program to include members of the Armed Forces or veterans who were seriously injured or became ill on active duty prior to September 11, 2001; and (2) services to caregivers of veterans under such program to include child care, financial planning, and legal services.

The support program for caregivers of covered veterans is terminated on October 1, 2022, except that any caregiver activities carried out on September 30, 2022, shall be continued.

The VA may carry out specified major medical facility leases in Alabama, Colorado, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.

The VA may record as a U.S. government obligation amounts owed for hospital care or medical services furnished at non-VA facilities when a health care provider's payment claim is approved, rather than when the VA authorizes such care or services.

]]> Veterans Access to Care Act of 2017 Display Title Veterans Access to Care Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to appropriate amounts to the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve the provision of health care to veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Access to Care Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1526is/xml/BILLS-115s1526is.xml 2017-07-11 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.