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HR 1577 110th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Case management Families Family services Health Military dependents Military medicine Military personnel National Guard War casualties

Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act

Introduced: March 20, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 3, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 20, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 20, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide patient navigator program and assign responsibility for overseeing the program to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.

Requires patient navigators to be assigned as representatives to medical holdover patients and their families in order to improve health care outcomes. Prohibits the ratio of navigators to patients from being higher than one to ten.

What's happening now April 3, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1578 Related bill Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Performance Metrics and Transparency Act
  • HR 1579 Related bill Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 20, 2007
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Mar 20, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1577: Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1577/
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"H.R. 1577: Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1577/.
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