S 3052
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016
Introduced: June 13, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 13, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out a transplant procedure for an eligible veteran notwithstanding that the live donor may not be eligible for VA health care.
The VA shall furnish to such a donor any care or services that may be required before and after conducting such procedure.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1