VETTs on Campus Act

Bill: 117-hr-8735
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2022-08-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veteran Treatment Teams on Campus Act or the VETTs on Campus Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the Veterans Community Care Program to include health care providers at clinics and hospitals of institutions of higher learning approved for educational assistance furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8735 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 19, 2022 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the Veterans Community Care Program to include health providers at certain institutions of higher learning.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran Treatment Teams on Campus Act or the VETTs on Campus Act . 2. Expansion of Veterans Community Care Program to health care providers at institutions of higher learning approved for educational assistance furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Section 1703(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) Clinics and hospitals of institutions of higher learning that offer a program of education approved under chapter 37 of this title. .