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HR 3777 108th Congress House

Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2004

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve acc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 27, 2004 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Access to health careCommunity health servicesCost effectivenessEconomics and Public Finance
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It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 13, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 4, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 13, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran for whom Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities are geographically inaccessible, to use current authority for contracting out veterans' medical care to non-Department facilities in order to provide the following care to such veterans: (1) primary care; (2) acute or chronic symptom management; (3) nontherapeutic medical services; and (4) other medical services determined appropriate by the director of that geographic service region, after consultation with the Department physician responsible for the primary care of the veteran. Outlines conditions under which Department facilities shall be deemed geographically inaccessible. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement of geographic inaccessibility, on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines that the costs to the Department of providing such care significantly outweigh the benefits of localized health care for the veteran.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 1 Republican 5
R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 13, 2004
HOEKSTRA, PETER
· May 11, 2004
Ballance, Frank
· May 5, 2004
LUCAS, KEN
· Apr 28, 2004
SMITH, NICK
· Apr 28, 2004
DOOLEY, CAL
· Apr 27, 2004
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 27, 2004
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Apr 27, 2004
TURNER, JIM
· Apr 21, 2004
EDWARDS, CHET
· Mar 2, 2004
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Feb 11, 2004
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Feb 11, 2004
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 4, 2004
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 4, 2004
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 4, 2004
Isakson, Johnny
· Feb 4, 2004
SANDLIN, MAX
· Feb 4, 2004
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Feb 4, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3777: Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3777/
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"H.R. 3777: Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3777/.
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H.R. 3777, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3777/.
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