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Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005

Introduced: April 20, 2005 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
Apr 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 20, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 20, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a FY 2006 through 2008 pilot program to improve health care access for rural veterans.

States that: (1) the program shall be conducted in three geographic service regions (Veterans Integrated Service Networks) of the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) medical services shall be provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) providers for acute or chronic symptom management, non-therapeutic medical services, and other medical services as determined by the director of the appropriate geographic service region.

Obligates program funds.

What's happening now April 25, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 1 Republican 4
R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jul 14, 2005
STUPAK, BART
· May 24, 2005
HOEKSTRA, PETER
· May 12, 2005
CAMP, DAVE
· May 3, 2005
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Apr 20, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Apr 20, 2005
HASTINGS, DOC
· Apr 20, 2005
MOORE, DENNIS
· Apr 20, 2005
TIAHRT, TODD
· Apr 20, 2005
WAMP, ZACH
· Apr 20, 2005
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 20, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Apr 20, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1741: Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1741/
MLA
"H.R. 1741: Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1741/.
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H.R. 1741, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1741/.
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