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HR 709 108th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Drugs Health Physicians Veterans' medical care

Veterans Prescription Access Improvement Act

Introduced: February 11, 2003 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 20, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 11, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 11, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans Prescription Access Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish to a veteran such drugs and medicines as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of such veteran. (Currently, other requirements must be met before such veterans will be furnished drugs and medicines on private practitioner prescriptions.)
What's happening now February 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 2
R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 25, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 21, 2003
HILL, BARON
· Apr 11, 2003
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 26, 2003
TIAHRT, TODD
· Mar 20, 2003
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 11, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 11, 2003
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 11, 2003
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 11, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 709: Veterans Prescription Access Improvement Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-709/
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"H.R. 709: Veterans Prescription Access Improvement Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-709/.
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H.R. 709, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-709/.
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