S 3408
116th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Introduced: March 5, 2020
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In committee
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To President
Became law
Mar 5, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to place certain disabled veterans in medical foster homes at the request of such veterans. Specifically, the bill concerns veterans with service-connected disabilities to whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care. Medical foster homes are homes designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting.
In any year, not more than a daily average of 900 veterans placed in a medical foster home may have their care covered.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1