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HOUSE 23116th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Expressing the sense of Congress that any United States-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement must prohibit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or separating plutonium on its own territory, in keeping with the strongest possible nonproliferation "gold standard".

Last Action
2/28/2019

Actions

  • 2019-01-16Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • 2019-01-03Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • 2019-01-03Introduced in House
  • 2019-01-03Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-01-03 (00)

Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2019

This bill expands and makes permanent the Veterans Choice Program. The program allows eligible veterans to receive health care in their communities rather than at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility when certain hardships exist (e.g., when a veteran resides more than 40 miles from a VA facility).

The bill expands program eligibility to include veterans with a service-connected disability rated at 50% or more.

Additionally, the bill requires the VA to contract with a national chain of walk-in clinics to provide hospital care and medical services in such clinics to veterans who are in the annual patient enrollment system. The clinics may not require a preauthorization or a co-payment for treatment.

Under the bill, an authorized health care professional may provide treatment via telemedicine at any location in any state, regardless of where such health care professional or the patient is located.

The bill requires the VA to extend the operating hours for VA pharmacies and medical facilities.

Finally, the VA may provide for a nongovernmental hospital organization best-practices peer review of each VA medical center.

Cosponsors (1)

  • W. Steube (R-FL)

Subjects

  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Hospital care
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Veterans' medical care
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