3.0.0 682 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-03-10 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-10T22:20:48Z Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize All Veterans and Every Spouse Act 117 1276 HR 2021-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-03-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2021-03-10 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2021-03-10 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-03-10 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-03-10 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2021-03-10 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-03-10 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-03-10 True S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2021-03-10 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-03-10 True T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL 2021-03-10 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-03-10 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-03-10 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2021-03-10 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2021-03-11 False K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2021-03-11 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-03-15 False Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disability and paralysis Emergency medical services and trauma care Hospital care Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-15T16:47:20Z Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse Act or the SAVE LIVES Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine to covered individuals during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Under the bill, covered individuals are

  • veterans who are not eligible to enroll in the VA health care system;
  • specified veterans who are eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad;
  • beneficiaries who are eligible for care due to a specified disability or death of a veteran;
  • family caregivers of veterans who are participating in the VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers;
  • caregivers of veterans participating in the VA's Program of General Caregiver Support Services;
  • caregivers of veterans participating in the VA's Medical Foster Home Program, Bowel and Bladder Program, Home Based Primary Care Program, or Veteran Directed Care Program; and
  • the spouses of veterans.

The VA must prioritize the vaccination of (1) veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system, (2) veterans who fail to enroll but receive hospital care and medical services for specified disabilities in their first 12 months of separation from service, and (3) caregivers accompanying such prioritized veterans.

Under the bill, the VA is authorized to offer a vaccine to the spouse of a veteran near the same time the veteran receives the vaccine.

]]> SAVE LIVES Act Display Title SAVE LIVES Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish a vaccine for COVID-19 to certain individuals who are not enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced SAVE LIVES Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s682is/xml/BILLS-117s682is.xml 2021-03-10 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.