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To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care…

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category.

Introduced: July 22, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Aug 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 22, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 22, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as of October 2, 2004, to give a higher priority in the provision of hospital care and medical services under the veterans' patient enrollment system to veterans who are eligible for treatment as a low-income family under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the area in which the veterans reside, regardless of whether such veterans are otherwise treated as single person families or families under such Act.
What's happening now August 22, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Nov 18, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 30, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 30, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2816: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2816/
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"H.R. 2816: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2816/.
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H.R. 2816, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2816/.
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[H.R. 2816: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority category.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2816/)
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