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Senate Bill 2852
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Sep 27, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 27, 2021
Latest Action
Dec 15, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2852
Congress
117
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Kyrsten Sinema
Arizona
Republican
Marsha Blackburn
Tennessee
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
September 27, 2021
Related Bills (1)
Dec 01, 2022
Passed House
16
Sponsorship
House Bill 7158
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Active
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (4)
12/15/2021
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
10/20/2021
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
09/27/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
09/27/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 30, 2022 7:04:00 AM
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