Veterans Empowerment Act

Bill: 115-hr-4457
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federally chartered organizations
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: 

Veterans Empowerment Act

 
This bill restructures the delivery of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care through private non-VA providers.
 
The Veterans Accountable Care Organization is established as a federally chartered corporation to permit veterans who are eligible for VA health care to choose to receive health care from private-sector providers. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital care, medical services, and other health care functions and personnel (excluding nursing home care and domiciliary care) are transferred to the organization.
 
The bill establishes in the VHA the Veterans Health Insurance program to provide veterans with insurance coverage for both VA and private health care.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-11-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Introduced in House