3.0.0 2852 2022-12-30T07:04:00Z 2022-12-30T07:04:00Z Senate S 2021-09-27 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2021-12-15T21:17:41Z Hearings by 2021-10-20T19:14:19Z Referred to 2021-09-27T20:57:49Z Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act 117 7158 HR 2022-12-05 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2021-12-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2021-10-20 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-09-27 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ N B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-09-27 True 2022-02-18T21:13:00Z S. 2852, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57860 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 15, 2021 Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Nursing Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-27T12:00:15Z Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to pay for specified veterans (i.e., certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and require nursing home care) to be placed in medical foster homes at their request. A medical foster home is a home designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting.

Veterans receiving such care must agree, as a condition of payment for their care, to accept home health services furnished by the VA.

Under the bill, no more than a daily average of 900 veterans may have their care in a medical foster home covered by the VA.

The VA must create a monitoring system to assess its workload in carrying out the medical foster home payments. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress reports that assess the implementation of this program and provide recommendations for improvements.

]]> Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act Display Title Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements for the payment of care in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2852is/xml/BILLS-117s2852is.xml 2021-12-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. 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.