Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-5091
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
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: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act</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: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5091 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2016 Mr. Denham (for himself and Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate the requirement for an annual report on the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans.

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