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Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

USA117th CongressS-2852| Senate 
| Updated: 12/15/2021
Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema

Independent Senator

Arizona

Cosponsors (1)
Marsha Blackburn (Republican)

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) 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.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3408
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Sep 27, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Sep 27, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 20, 2021
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Dec 15, 2021
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 5, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-7158
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3408
    Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act


  • September 27, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 27, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • October 20, 2021
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.


  • December 15, 2021
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.


  • December 5, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-7158
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 117-7158: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Congressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careNursingVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

USA117th CongressS-2852| Senate 
| Updated: 12/15/2021
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.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3408
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Sep 27, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Sep 27, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 20, 2021
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Dec 15, 2021
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 5, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-7158
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3408
    Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act


  • September 27, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 27, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • October 20, 2021
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.


  • December 15, 2021
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.


  • December 5, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-7158
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema

Independent Senator

Arizona

Cosponsors (1)
Marsha Blackburn (Republican)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 117-7158: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careNursingVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation