3.0.0 2193 2022-02-02T05:57:19Z 2022-02-02T05:57:19Z Senate S 2017-12-05 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported original measure 2017-12-05T22:10:00Z S. Rept. 115-212 Veterans Community Care and Access Act of 2017 115 2184 S 2017-12-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Serving our Rural Veterans Act of 2017 115 1449 S 2017-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS VA MISSION Act of 2018 115 5674 HR 2018-05-11 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 516. Related bill CRS Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017 115 1133 HR 2017-11-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 115 2123 HR 2017-11-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Veteran PEER Act 115 5830 HR 2018-05-15 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act 115 113 S 2017-01-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 115 114 S 2017-08-12 Signed by President. Related bill CRS Veterans Transplant Coverage Act 115 115 S 2017-07-11 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-320. Related bill CRS VETS Act of 2017 115 925 S 2018-01-05 Held at the desk. 12:15:48 Related bill CRS Community Care Core Competency Act of 2017 115 1319 S 2017-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Veteran Partners' Efforts to Enhance Reintegration Act 115 1873 S 2018-01-29 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act 115 2807 S 2018-05-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS VA Staffing and Vacancies Transparency Act of 2017 115 3459 HR 2017-07-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Stronger Medical Workforce for Veterans Act 115 2356 S 2018-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-03-07 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate By Senator Isakson from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 115-212. Floor 2018-03-07 By Senator Isakson from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 115-212. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-12-05 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273. Calendars 2017-12-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Isakson. Without written report. Committee 2017-12-05 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Isakson. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-12-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N 2018-01-18T16:04:43Z S. 2193, Caring for Our Veterans Act of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53484 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 5, 2017 Armed Forces and National Security Appropriations Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Dental care Department of Veterans Affairs Disability and paralysis Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Employee hiring Employee performance Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Home and outpatient care Hospital care Licensing and registrations Medicaid Medical education Medical research Medicare Mental health Military medicine Nursing Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Performance measurement Prescription drugs Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation Rural conditions and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Surgery and anesthesia User charges and fees Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-12-05 Introduced in Senate 2019-01-03T15:31:43Z Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017

This bill establishes a Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services to covered veterans through non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care providers under specified circumstances. This program replaces the Veterans Choice Program.

The VA shall develop: (1) an education program for veterans about their VA health care options, (2) processes to ensure safe opioid prescribing practices by non-VA health care providers; and (3) criteria to designate VA medical centers, ambulatory care facilities, and community based outpatient clinics as underserved facilities.

The bill: (1) modifies the definitions of medical facility, major medical facility project, and major medical facility lease; and (2) establishes specified pilot programs.

The VA family caregiver program is expanded.

The VA shall implement a new information technology system.

]]> Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 S Senate Display Title Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced An original bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2193pcs/xml/BILLS-115s2193pcs.xml 2018-03-07 By Senator Isakson from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 115-212. 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.