Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
USA115th CongressHR-5693| House
| Updated: 7/26/2018
Clay Higgins
Republican Representative
Louisiana
Cosponsors (4)
Health Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2019, to transfer upon request a veteran for whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care to a medical foster home that meets VA standards. A veteran shall agree, as a transfer condition, to accept VA home health services.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 671.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-868.
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7172-7175)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5693.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7172-7173)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7172-7173)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National Security
Home and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal carePublic contracts and procurementVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsVeterans' medical care
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
USA115th CongressHR-5693| House
| Updated: 7/26/2018
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2019, to transfer upon request a veteran for whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care to a medical foster home that meets VA standards. A veteran shall agree, as a transfer condition, to accept VA home health services.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 671.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-868.
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7172-7175)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5693.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7172-7173)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7172-7173)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Clay Higgins
Republican Representative
Louisiana
Cosponsors (4)
Health Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Home and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal carePublic contracts and procurementVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsVeterans' medical care