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SAVE LIVES Act

USA117th CongressS-682| Senate 
| Updated: 3/10/2021
Jon Tester

Jon Tester

Democratic Senator

Montana

Cosponsors (16)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Jerry Moran (Republican)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Mark Kelly (Democratic)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 16, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1276
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • March 10, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 10, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • June 16, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1276
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1276: SAVE LIVES Act
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and paralysisEmergency medical services and trauma careHospital careImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesVeterans' medical care

SAVE LIVES Act

USA117th CongressS-682| Senate 
| Updated: 3/10/2021
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.
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Timeline
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 16, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1276
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • March 10, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 10, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • June 16, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1276
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jon Tester

Jon Tester

Democratic Senator

Montana

Cosponsors (16)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Jerry Moran (Republican)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Mike Rounds (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Mark Kelly (Democratic)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 117-1276: SAVE LIVES Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and paralysisEmergency medical services and trauma careHospital careImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesVeterans' medical care