HR 627
108th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Coinsurance
Cost of living adjustments
Drugs
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical economics
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions
Welfare eligibility
Veterans' Prescription Drug and Surviving Spouses Assistance Act of 2003
Introduced: February 5, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 20, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 5, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 5, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans' Prescription Drug and Surviving Spouses Assistance Act of 2003 - Suspends, for five years, the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the required copayment for medication furnished to veterans on an outpatient basis for the treatment of non-service-connected disabilities.
Increases the maximum annual rates of pensions for surviving spouses of war veterans. Amends the Social Security Act to exclude the amount of such rate increases from a surviving spouse's income for purposes of Medicaid (title XIX) eligibility.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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