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HR 4465 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Family relationships Veterans' medical care

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving…

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services.

Introduced: January 19, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 27, 2010
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 19, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 19, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), when examining a veteran's attributable income for purposes of determining whether a veteran is unable to defray the necessary expenses of hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care, to treat as a dependent child of such veteran any unmarried person who: (1) is placed in the legal custody of the veteran for at least 12 consecutive months; (2) either has not attained age 21, has not attained age 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning, or is incapable of self-support due to mental or physical incapacity; (3) is dependent on the veteran for over one-half of the person's support; and (4) resides with the veteran, unless separated to receive institutional care.

What's happening now May 27, 2010

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 2, 2010
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 26, 2010
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 19, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4465: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4465/
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"H.R. 4465: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4465/.
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H.R. 4465, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4465/.
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[H.R. 4465: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4465/)
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