S 115
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care
Veterans Transplant Coverage Act
Introduced: January 12, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2017
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-320.
Jan 12, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 12, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans Transplant Coverage Act
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 such procedure.
What's happening now
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-320.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1