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HR 1096 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Health care coverage and access Veterans' medical care

Real Choice for Veterans Act

Introduced: February 26, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 26, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 26, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Real Choice for Veterans Act

Amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to change a criterion for eligibility of certain veterans to receive medical care and services from non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities to a requirement that the veteran resides more than 40 miles from the closest VA medical facility that is able to provide the care and services the veteran seeks (currently, more than 40 miles from the closest VA medical facility).

What's happening now March 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 3 Republican 10
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 20, 2015
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 28, 2015
 R
Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · Apr 28, 2015
 R
Babin, Brian
Texas · Apr 21, 2015
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Apr 21, 2015
Hensarling, Jeb
· Apr 21, 2015
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Apr 13, 2015
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 13, 2015
Comstock, Barbara
· Apr 13, 2015
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Apr 13, 2015
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Apr 13, 2015
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Mar 19, 2015
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Feb 26, 2015
Roby, Martha
· Feb 26, 2015
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Feb 26, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1096: Real Choice for Veterans Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1096/
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"H.R. 1096: Real Choice for Veterans Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1096/.
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H.R. 1096, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1096/.
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