US Congress House Bill 369 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-29 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To eliminate the sunset of the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to eliminate the August 7, 2017, sunset date for the Veterans Choice Program, which would allow the program to operate until all of the money in the Veterans Choice Fund is expended. (Sec. 2) The bill makes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) the primary payer (the VA is currently the secondary payer) for medical care relating to non-service connected disabilities and recovery of costs from third parties for certain care under the program. (Sec. 3) The VA may share medical information with a non-VA entity (including private entities and other federal agencies) that provides veterans with hospital care or medical services. Such entity may not redisclose or use such information for a purpose other than that for which the disclosure was made.

To eliminate the sunset of the Veterans Choice Program, and for other purposes.

Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-29	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
2017-03-29	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-65.
2017-01-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-01-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-01-09	House	Introduced in House

SB86 (Related) 2017-01-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB544 (Related) 2017-04-19 - Became Public Law No: 115-26. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/369/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr369/BILLS-115hr369ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr369/BILLS-115hr369rh.pdf