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HR 6185 109th Congress House

Veterans Health Care Act of 2006

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Access to health careAdministrative procedureAfghanistanAmbulatory care
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Became law
Oct 10, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Oct 5, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 26, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 26, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 10, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Health Care Act of 2006 - Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to, among other things: (1) authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in certain cases, to furnish up to 14 days of postnatal care to the newborn child of a woman veteran; (2) revise third-party payer provisions relating to health care furnished through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for spina bifida and associated disabilities in the children of Vietnam veterans; (3) make permanent the homeless veterans' comprehensive services program; (4) include as authorized VA mental health service providers marriage and family therapists and professional mental health counselors; (5) provide a pay level adjustment for the Chief Nursing Officer; (6) authorize VA vs. private contractor cost comparison studies with respect to certain commercial or industrial products; (7) direct the Secretary to expand certain veterans' mental health clinical services and education programs; (8) provide an exception to the confidentiality of VA medical records in the case of possible organ donations; (9) direct the Secretary to expand the National Guard outreach program and telehealth services; (10) allow limited veterans' travel reimbursement in connection with treatment or care for a non-service-connected disability; (11) establish VA blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists; (12) provide priority health care and services for certain veterans affected by Hurricane Katrina; (13) authorize the Secretary to reimburse veterans for certain outstanding emergency treatment expenses for which they remain personally liable; and (14) authorize the Secretary to convey to the city of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, certain property located in the Tower Park area of Fort Thomas.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6185: Veterans Health Care Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6185/
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"H.R. 6185: Veterans Health Care Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6185/.
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