Build a Better VA Act [HB-94]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Build a Better VA Act This bill prohibits funds from being appropriated for any fiscal year for a major medical facility lease unless the House and Senate Veterans Committees adopt resolutions approving the lease.
HB-94: Build a Better VA Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/19/2017
Expanding Care for Veterans Act [HB-102]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Expanding Care for Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a plan to expand the scope of VA's research and education on, and delivery and integration of, complementary and alternative medicine services. The VA shall carry out, through its Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, a three-year program to: (1) assess the feasibility and advisability of integrating the delivery of selected complementary and alternative medicine services with other VA health care services for veterans, and
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HB-102: Expanding Care for Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/19/2017
CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2017 [HB-92]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2017 This bill increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs).
HB-92: CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/19/2017
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans. [HB-93]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans. This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that gender specific services are continuously available at every VA medical center and community based outpatient clinic. The VA is authorized to employ such personnel and enter into such contracts as may be necessary to provide such services based on the standards of the VA and the demand for such services.
HB-93: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans.
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 09/26/2017
You have voted HB-93: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans..
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 [HB-173]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, beginning with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans).
HB-173: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/13/2017
Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 [HB-90]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Construction ]
Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility leases in specified amounts for: outpatient clinics in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Daytona Beach, Gainesville, and Ocala, Florida; Hampton Roads, Virginia; Missoula, Montana; Northern Colorado, Colorado; Oxnard and Santa Rosa, California; Pike County, Georgia; Portland, Maine; and Raleigh, North Carolina; an outpatient mental health clinic and an outpatient specialty clinic in Birmingham, Alabama; research space in Boston,
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HB-90: Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/19/2017
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018 [HB-184]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Manufacturing ]
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on the sale of a medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer.
HB-184: Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 528. on 07/26/2018
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act [HB-101]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act This bill requires the Comptroller General, for each of FY2018-FY2020, to: (1) review the budget requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts contained in the President's budget request for that fiscal year; and (2) report review results to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.
HB-101: Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/19/2017
HR-15: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 01/03/2017
You have voted HR-15: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service..