Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2883
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2016-04-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Disability and paralysis

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act</strong> <strong>of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals the termination date of (thus, reinstates) the requirement for an annual report from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the VA's compliance, by facility and by service-network, with requirements for managing the provision of hospital care and medical services furnished to veterans with service-connected disabilities.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2883 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2016 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Toomey , Mr. Sanders , Mrs. Murray , and Mr. Casey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the requirement of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report on the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act of 2016 . 2. Extension of requirement for report on capacity of Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans Section 1706(b)(5)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by striking through 2008 .