Veterans Choice Card Prompt Payment Act

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D ShaheenSponsor

1 cosponsor · 1 R

R Ayotte

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), upon receipt of a request from a non-VA entity for reimbursement for health care services provided to a veteran under the Veterans Choice Program, to reimburse the entity even if the request does not include the veteran's medical…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 11, 2016

Veterans Choice Card Prompt Payment Act

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veterans Choice Card Prompt Payment Act

Latest action (Feb 11, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 11, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.