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21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act

Introduced: February 25, 2003 Introduced by: Larson, John B. Democratic · Connecticut 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
Mar 12, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 25, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between a veteran's referral to a specialty clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs by a Department primary care physician and the actual appointment with a specialist); and (2) provide appropriate transportation to such appointments for qualified veterans.

Requires the Secretary, in any case in which such period is exceeded or in which transportation was not so provided, to promptly provide for such care or transportation from a private source and to reimburse such source at an appropriate rate. Requires expedited reimbursement procedures.

Directs the Secretary to include within standards of performance used for measuring Department medical care administration a standard of assessing improvements in appointment waiting times.

What's happening now March 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 4, 2003
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 25, 2003
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 25, 2003
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 25, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 890: 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-890/
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