H.R. 1532 · 114th Congress
Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015
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EmmerSponsor8 cosponsors · 1 D, 7 R
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This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 23, 2015
Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to:
- reduce the 40-mile radius requirement to 20 miles, and require that the closest medical facility is able to provide a veteran with the care and services needed;
- reduce the 30-day wait-time goal to 15 days; and
- require the Veterans Administration (VA) to implement the prompt payment system by the earlier of February 1, 2016, or 180 days after the Comptroller General submits a certain report on the timeliness of VA payments for hospital care, medical services, and other health care furnished by non-VA health care providers.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015
Latest action (Apr 7, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 23, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.