H.R. 7158 · 117th Congress
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
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HigginsSponsor15 cosponsors · 4 D, 11 R
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Brownley
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Baird
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Cawthorn
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Correa
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González-Colón
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Green
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Mann
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Massie
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Mast
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Moore
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Rosendale
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Young
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Posey
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Pappas
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Gottheimer12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- House Introduced Mar 18, 2022
- House Passed Dec 1, 2022
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to pay for specified veterans (i.e., certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and require nursing home care) to be placed in medical foster homes at their request.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Dec 1, 2022
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to pay for specified veterans (i.e., certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and require nursing home care) to be placed in medical foster homes at their request. A medical foster home is a home designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting.
Veterans receiving such care must agree, as a condition of payment for their care, to accept home health services furnished by the VA.
Under the bill, no more than a daily average of 900 veterans may have their care in a medical foster home covered by the VA.
The VA must create a monitoring system to assess its workload in carrying out the medical foster home payments. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress reports that assess the implementation of this program and provide recommendations for improvements.
The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through February 15, 2031, under the VA's home loan program.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Latest action (Dec 5, 2022): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 18, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Mar 18, 2022
- House Passed Dec 1, 2022
No recorded floor vote found.