S 3527
110th Congress
Senate
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Department of Veterans Affairs
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Health
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Health Care Budget Reform Act of 2008
Introduced: September 18, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9038)
Sep 18, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9037-9038)
Sep 18, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Health Care Budget Reform Act of 2008 - Requires, beginning with FY2010, a two-fiscal-year budget authority for the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) Medical Services; (2) Medical Administration; and (3) Medical Facilities.
Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study on the adequacy and accuracy of VA baseline model projections for health care expenditures.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9038)
Committees of jurisdiction
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