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Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

Introduced: May 16, 2019 Introduced by: Stefanik, Elise M. Republican · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2020
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Mar 12, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 12, 2020
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Sep 11, 2019
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 16, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to make hepatitis C testing available to certain veterans at events organized by veterans service organizations. To be eligible, a veteran must have served in the active military, naval, or air service between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, and must have been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.

The program shall be carried out in two rural and three urban Veterans Integrated Service Networks (regional VA health care administrative areas).

The VA shall expand the program to all networks if at least 350,000 veterans are tested for hepatitis C by the program's termination date.

What's happening now March 12, 2020

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 10 Republican 1
D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Sep 21, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Jan 27, 2020
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Oct 30, 2019
Delgado, Antonio
· Sep 24, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Sep 11, 2019
Zeldin, Lee
· Sep 11, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jul 22, 2019
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 11, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 26, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jun 24, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 16, 2019
Cook, Paul
· May 16, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 16, 2019
KING, PETER
· May 16, 2019
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 16, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2816: Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2816/
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"H.R. 2816: Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2816/.
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H.R. 2816, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2816/.
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