HR-4242 : Still Just a Bill

VA Care in the Community Act

This bill establishes a process through which veterans may receive health care through private health care providers.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2018-03-05CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.House floor actions
2018-03-05CommitteeReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-585.House floor actions
2017-12-19CommitteeOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 9.House committee actions
2017-12-19CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2017-12-19CommitteeSubcommittee on Health Discharged.House committee actions
2017-11-03CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2017-11-03IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.House floor actions
2017-11-03IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Armed Forces and National Security
See Subjects
  • Aging
  • Appropriations
  • Budget process
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Dental care
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Education programs funding
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Government information and archives
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Hospital care
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Medicaid
  • Medical education
  • Medical ethics
  • Medicare
  • Mental health
  • Military medicine
  • Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
  • Performance measurement
  • Prescription drugs
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Right of privacy
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Surgery and anesthesia
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • Veterans' medical care
  • American Samoa
  • Caribbean area
  • District of Columbia
  • Guam
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Ohio
  • Puerto Rico
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virgin Islands
  • West Virginia
  • Department of Veterans Affairs

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