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HR 6036 109th Congress House

Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2006

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve acc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2006 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Access to health careCommunity health servicesCost effectivenessEconomics and Public Finance
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It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 6, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 6, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 19, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran for whom Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities are geographically inaccessible, to use current authority for contracting out veterans' medical care to non-Department facilities in order to provide the following care to such veterans: (1) primary care; (2) acute or chronic symptom management; (3) nontherapeutic medical services; and (4) other medical services determined appropriate by the director of that geographic service region, after consultation with the Department physician responsible for the veteran's primary care.

Outlines conditions under which Department facilities shall be deemed geographically inaccessible.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement of geographic inaccessibility, on a case-by-case basis, if the costs to the Department of providing such care significantly outweigh the benefits of localized health care for the veteran.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
Alexander, Rodney
· Sep 28, 2006
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 28, 2006
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Sep 20, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6036: Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6036/
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"H.R. 6036: Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets (HEALTHY Vets) Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6036/.
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H.R. 6036, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6036/.
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