Leave no Veteran Behind Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Aug 2, 2019)
Leave no Veteran Behind Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to contact covered veterans to encourage them to receive comprehensive physical, mental health, eye, and audiological examinations. A covered veteran is a veteran who is enrolled in the VA health care system and has not received health care furnished or paid for by the VA in the past two years.
Under the bill, if a covered veteran elects to receive more than one of the comprehensive examinations at a VA health care facility, the VA shall seek to furnish all such examinations on the same day. A covered veteran may also receive an examination from another specified health care provider.
The bill provides that the VA may pay for a rural covered veteran to travel to a health care facility to receive a comprehensive examination. The VA shall seek to enter into agreements with non-profit organizations to provide shuttle service to rural covered veterans for such examinations.
What just happenedAug 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseAug 2, 2019
- Aug 22, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Aug 2, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Aug 2, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Aug 2, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House