HR 1020
106th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Acupuncture
Blood
Blood transfusions
Disabled
Health
Hepatitis
Kidney diseases
Liver diseases
Medical personnel
Medical tests
Military medicine
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' Hepatitis C Benefits Act of 1999
Introduced: March 4, 1999
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 13, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 21, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Mar 4, 1999
Introduced in House
Mar 4, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Plain-English summary
Veterans' Hepatitis C Benefits Act of 1999 - Considers hepatitis C becoming manifest in a veteran to be service-connected, and therefore compensable under veterans' disability provisions, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such illness during the period of such service, as long as it is shown that during such service the veteran experienced: (1) a blood transfusion before December 31, 1992; (2) blood exposure on or through skin or mucous membrane; (3) hemodialysis; (4) a tattoo, body piercing, or acupuncture; (5) unexplained liver disease or abnormal liver function tests; or (6) working in a health care occupation.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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