US SB1165 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on June 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-10-30 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-10-30 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2013 - Includes within authorized preventive health services available to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) immunizations against infectious diseases, including each immunization on the recommended adult immunization schedule established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Requires the inclusion, in an annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on VA preventive health services, of programs conducted to ensure that veterans have received each immunization on such immunization schedule at the appropriate time. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement quality measures and metrics to ensure that veterans receiving VA medical services receive each immunization at the time indicated on the schedule. Requires statistics related to such quality measures and metrics to be included in the annual report described above. Provides deadlines for the establishment and implementation of the measures and metrics.
Title
Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2013
Sponsors
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT] | Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK] | Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR] | Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2013-10-30 | Senate | Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280. |
2013-06-13 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1165/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1165/BILLS-113s1165is.pdf |