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Veterans Equal Treatment Act
Introduced: May 1, 2003
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 1, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 1, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Equal Treatment Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) discontinue the funding allocation formula for the Department of Veterans Affairs medical care system known as the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system at the end of the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted; and (2) develop a new formula for the allocation of funds to the national service regions, known as Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), that takes into account specified requirements, including additional costs incurred by a VISN because the age of veterans, or the number of veterans requiring complex care, in that VISN exceeds the median for all VISNs.
Authorizes additional appropriations to be allocated to VISNs that have experienced funding reductions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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