HR 2830
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Unemployment
Veterans' medical care
Providing Access to Healthcare (PATH) for Veterans Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 12, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 11, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 11, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Providing Access to Healthcare (PATH) for Veterans Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in furnishing hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans of a certain priority (in which case the provision of such care and services is discretionary), to give priority to a veteran who has become unemployed during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date on which the veteran receives such care or services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2