HR 4791
106th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Blood
Blood transfusions
Disabled
Health
Hepatitis
Kidney diseases
Military medicine
Veterans' disability compensation
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service connection for the occurrence of hepatitis C in certain veterans.
Introduced: June 29, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jun 29, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 29, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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; or (2) hemodialysis.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1