3.0.0 2473 2023-01-11T13:40:23Z 2023-01-11T13:40:23Z Senate S 2018-02-28 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-02-28T21:52:03Z 2018-02-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-29T17:02:53Z Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2018 or the VICTOR Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish organ transplant (including bone marrow transplant) care at eligible non-VA facilities to electing veterans who are enrolled in the VA medical care system and who received VA hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care within the 24-month period preceding such transplant care.

The VA shall enter into provider payment agreements with non-VA facilities for such care in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (regional VA health care administrative areas).

The VA shall not pay a veteran's travel and lodging costs outside the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network region in which the veteran resides unless the VA authorizes such outside care. (The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network is a public-private partnership that links all professionals and donors involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system.)

]]> VICTOR Act of 2018 Display Title VICTOR Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish organ transplant care to veterans at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced VICTOR Act of 2018 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2473is/xml/BILLS-115s2473is.xml 2018-02-28 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.