Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-683
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-03-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-11
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-320.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill extends the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities through December 31, 2018.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 683 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 21, 2017 Ms. Hirono (for herself, Ms. Collins , and Mr. King ) 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 to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 . 2. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking December 31, 2017 and inserting December 31, 2018 .