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HR 3347 118th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Health personnel Prescription drugs Surgery and anesthesia Veterans' medical care

Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023

Introduced: October 11, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 2, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 15, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 15, 2023
Introduced in House
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Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from modifying its policy relating to anesthesia care in a manner that would provide any medical professional other than a physician anesthesiologist with full practice authority for the furnishment of anesthesia care to veterans under VA health care laws. The VA is also prohibited from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the provisions relating to anesthesia care of the proposed rule titled Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (81 Fed. Reg. 33155), or any substantially similar rule.

What's happening now June 2, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2070 Identical bill Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023
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 Cosponsors 66
All 66 Democratic 25 Republican 32
Caraveo, Yadira
· Jun 11, 2024
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Jun 3, 2024
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · May 21, 2024
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 7, 2024
 R
Kean, Thomas H.
New Jersey · Mar 20, 2024
 R
Owens, Burgess
Utah · Mar 20, 2024
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Feb 29, 2024
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 29, 2024
 R
Curtis, John R.
Utah · Feb 7, 2024
 R
James, John
Michigan · Feb 7, 2024
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jan 17, 2024
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Jan 17, 2024
 R
Langworthy, Nicholas A.
New York · Nov 8, 2023
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Nov 8, 2023
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 6, 2023
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 6, 2023
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Nov 6, 2023
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Nov 6, 2023
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Nov 2, 2023
 R
Lawler, Michael
New York · Nov 2, 2023
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Nov 2, 2023
 R
Timmons, William R.
South Carolina · Nov 2, 2023
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Nov 2, 2023
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 17, 2023
Ruppersberger, C.
· Oct 17, 2023
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 17, 2023
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Oct 17, 2023
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Oct 11, 2023
 D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Oct 11, 2023
Nickel, Wiley
· Oct 11, 2023
Pascrell, Bill
· Oct 11, 2023
Payne, Donald
· Oct 11, 2023
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Oct 11, 2023
 D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
Illinois · Oct 3, 2023
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 3, 2023
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Oct 3, 2023
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 27, 2023
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 27, 2023
 D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · Sep 20, 2023
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Sep 14, 2023
Johnson, Bill
· Sep 14, 2023
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Sep 14, 2023
Posey, Bill
· Sep 14, 2023
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Sep 14, 2023
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Sep 1, 2023
 R
Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Sep 1, 2023
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Sep 1, 2023
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Sep 1, 2023
 R
Van Duyne, Beth
Texas · Sep 1, 2023
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jun 30, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3347: Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3347/
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"H.R. 3347: Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3347/.
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H.R. 3347, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3347/.
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