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S 1463 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Veterans' medical care

Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015

Introduced: May 22, 2015 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 26, 2015
Received in the House.
May 22, 2015
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 22, 2015
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3288-3289; text as passed Senate: CR S3289)
May 22, 2015
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3288-3289; text as passed Senate: CR S3289)
May 22, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to allow a veteran to access a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility, including a community-based outpatient clinic, if the VA facility within 40 miles driving distance of the veteran's home does not offer the needed hospital or medical services.

What's happening now May 26, 2015

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 22, 2015
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 22, 2015
 R
Hoeven, John
North Dakota · May 22, 2015
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · May 22, 2015
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 22, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1463: Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1463/
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"S. 1463: Access to Community Care for Veterans Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1463/.
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S. 1463, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1463/.
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