Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to make hepatitis C testing available to certain veterans at events organized by veterans service organizations. To be eligible, a veteran must have served in the active military, naval, or air service between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. The program shall be carried out in two rural and three urban Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas). The VA shall expand the program to all networks if at least 350,000 veterans are tested for hepatitis C by the program's termination date.
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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.
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Armed Forces and National Security
AsiaConflicts and warsCongressional oversightDigestive and metabolic diseasesHealth care coverage and accessInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsVeterans' medical careVietnam
Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-2816| House
| Updated: 3/12/2020
Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to make hepatitis C testing available to certain veterans at events organized by veterans service organizations. To be eligible, a veteran must have served in the active military, naval, or air service between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. The program shall be carried out in two rural and three urban Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas). The VA shall expand the program to all networks if at least 350,000 veterans are tested for hepatitis C by the program's termination date.
AsiaConflicts and warsCongressional oversightDigestive and metabolic diseasesHealth care coverage and accessInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical tests and diagnostic methodsVeterans' medical careVietnam