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Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2013

Introduced: June 13, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Oct 30, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
Jun 13, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 13, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2013 - Includes within authorized preventive health services available to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) immunizations against infectious diseases, including each immunization on the recommended adult immunization schedule established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Requires the inclusion, in an annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on VA preventive health services, of programs conducted to ensure that veterans have received each immunization on such immunization schedule at the appropriate time.

Directs the Secretary to develop and implement quality measures and metrics to ensure that veterans receiving VA medical services receive each immunization at the time indicated on the schedule. Requires statistics related to such quality measures and metrics to be included in the annual report described above. Provides deadlines for the establishment and implementation of the measures and metrics.

What's happening now October 30, 2013

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.

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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 13, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1165: Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1165/
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