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H.R. 1276 · 117th Congress

Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize All Veterans and Every Spouse Act

Law · 117-4
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54 cosponsors · 30 D, 24 R
  1. House Introduced Feb 24, 2021
  2. House Passed Mar 9, 2021
  3. Senate Passed Mar 17, 2021
  4. House Changes resolved Mar 19, 2021
  5. President To the President Mar 23, 2021
  6. President Signed Mar 24, 2021
  7. Law Mar 24, 2021

Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize All Veterans and Every Spouse Act or the SAVE LIVES Act

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Mar 24, 2021

Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize All Veterans and Every Spouse Act or the SAVE LIVES Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish a COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine to covered individuals during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Under the bill, covered individuals are

  • veterans who are not eligible to enroll in the VA health care system;
  • specified veterans who are eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care abroad;
  • beneficiaries who are eligible for care due to a specified disability or death of a veteran;
  • family caregivers of veterans who are participating in the VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers;
  • caregivers of veterans participating in the VA's Program of General Caregiver Support Services;
  • caregivers of veterans participating in the VA's Medical Foster Home Program, Bowel and Bladder Program, Home Based Primary Care Program, or Veteran Directed Care Program; and
  • the spouses of veterans.

The VA must prioritize the vaccination of (1) veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system, (2) veterans who fail to enroll but receive hospital care and medical services for specified disabilities in their first 12 months of separation from service, and (3) caregivers accompanying such prioritized veterans.

Under the bill, the VA is authorized to determine the timing for offering a vaccine to the spouse of a veteran.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize All Veterans and Every Spouse Act

Also known as: Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans' and Caregivers' COVID-19 Immunizations Now Expanded Act of 2021; Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans’ and Caregivers’ COVID–19 Immunizations Now Expanded Act of 2021; SAVE LIVES Act; VA VACCINE Act of 2021

Latest action (Jun 16, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 24, 2021

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

  1. House Introduced Feb 24, 2021
  2. House Passed Mar 9, 2021
  3. Senate Passed Mar 17, 2021
  4. House Changes resolved Mar 19, 2021
  5. President To the President Mar 23, 2021
  6. President Signed Mar 24, 2021
  7. Law Mar 24, 2021

No recorded floor vote found.