Local Care for Veterans Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 14, 2014)
Local Care for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that a veteran may elect to receive health care treatment and services under the Patient-Centered Community Care program if: (1) the veteran is enrolled in the VA health care system and resides not more than 50 miles from the nearest VA facility that the Secretary has identified in a prospectus level lease request as being deficient with respect to providing certain treatment or services or as needing expansion; and (2) the Secretary determines that such deficiency has not been resolved or such expansion has not occurred.
What just happenedJul 18, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 14, 2014
- Jul 18, 2014Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 14, 2014IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jul 14, 2014IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 14, 2014IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House