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HR 1844 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Home and outpatient care Hospital care Veterans' medical care

Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017

Introduced: May 2, 2017 Introduced by: Ruiz, Raul Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 30, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 30, 2017
Introduced in House
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Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the VA's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest VA medical facility providing the care they seek.

What's happening now March 31, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 10 Republican 5
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jun 7, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 7, 2017
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · May 24, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · May 24, 2017
 R
Westerman, Bruce
Arkansas · May 22, 2017
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 16, 2017
Kihuen, Ruben
· May 16, 2017
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · May 16, 2017
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · May 16, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · May 16, 2017
Delaney, John
· May 2, 2017
Bridenstine, Jim
· May 1, 2017
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · May 1, 2017
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 1, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 28, 2017
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Apr 27, 2017
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Apr 6, 2017
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Mar 30, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1844: Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1844/
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"H.R. 1844: Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1844/.
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H.R. 1844, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1844/.
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