US Congress Senate Bill 172 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-06-03 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2015 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 publication and implementation of the measures and metrics.

Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2015

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-03	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2015-01-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/172/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s172/BILLS-114s172is.pdf