Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 22, 2015)
Veterans' Access to Child Care Act
Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide child care assistance to an eligible veteran for any period that the veteran: (1) receives covered health care services at a VA facility, and (2) is required to travel to and return from such facility for the receipt of such services.
Defines: (1) "covered health care services" to mean regular mental health care services, intensive mental health care services, or such other intensive health care services to which the VA determines that provision of child care assistance would improve the veteran's access; and (2) "eligible veteran" as a veteran who is the primary caretaker of a child and who is receiving covered health care services from the VA or who is in need of, and who would receive, such services from the VA but for lack of child care.
Includes among child care assistance to be provided under this Act:
- a stipend for the payment of the full cost of child care offered by a licensed child care center, which shall be modeled after the VA's Child Care Subsidy Program;
- direct provision of child care at an on-site VA facility;
- a payment made directly to a private child care agency; and
- collaboration with a facility or program of another federal department or agency.
What just happenedMay 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 22, 2015
- May 11, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 22, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Apr 22, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House