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- H.R.1509
H.R.1509: Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act
About This Bill
- Introduced March 10, 2017
- Latest Major Action April 5, 2017
- See the two similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - March 10, 2017
Bill Summary
Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act This bill urges the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that preventing veteran suicide and providing veterans access to mental health care is its top reform priority. The VA shall, every 30 days, determine and provide to the Department of Defense, with respect to the previous year: the average national wait times (in days) for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system to...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| April 5, 2017 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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| March 27, 2017 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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| March 10, 2017 |
Referred to House Armed Services
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| March 10, 2017 |
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
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| March 10, 2017 |
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
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| March 10, 2017 |
Introduced in the House by Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) |