HR 2414
103th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Ambulatory care
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Health
Hospital care
Long-term care
Nursing homes
Persian Gulf War
Veterans' medical care
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide priority health care to veterans of the Persian Gulf War who were exposed to environmental hazards.
Introduced: June 15, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 21, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care.
Jun 15, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 15, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to: (1) require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide hospital care, and authorize such Secretary to provide nursing home care, to veterans exposed to environmental hazards during their military service; (2) make eligible for hospital and nursing home care for any disability of a Persian Gulf War veteran who was exposed to environmental hazards; (3) extend the authority for all such care through FY 2003; and (4) provide priority outpatient care for any disability of a Persian Gulf War veteran exposed during such service to environmental hazards.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care.
Committees of jurisdiction
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