Protecting Veteran Community Care Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Veteran Community Care Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Veterans Affairs, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Veteran Community Care Act.
- Section idDFA9CB3568E149DEA4222B8AE38CA5C2: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: On June 6, 2018, the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and...
- Section id2EF0BE1EAE0C4FFDAE38AE80876E1AAC: 3. Expansion of Veterans Community Care Program to include access to mental health or substance-use services for veterans unable to timely access Mental Health...
- Section idEE0D4E366F9D47F8BC5085F783E04643: 4. Prohibition on certain limitations on access of veterans to care Section 1703(n) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section idD6F8BC493E49466081CAA3FCD87EC126: 5. Development of community care metrics Section 1703(m)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Veteran Community Care Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Veterans Affairs, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Protecting Veteran Community Care Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Daines (for himself, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Grassley) introduced …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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