Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 1997

Summary

Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in providing care and services to veterans suffering from serious mental illness, including homeless veterans, to provide: (1) outreach services; (2) care, treatment, and rehabilitative services (including the use of halfway houses); and (3) therapeutic transitional housing assistance and outpatient care. Authorizes the Secretary to operate residences and facilities as therapeutic housing, with specified conditions, including the requirement of a house manager at each residence and payments by residents to cover board expenses. Directs the Secretary to operate a program to expand and improve the provision of veterans' benefits to homeless veterans. Requires the establishment of at least eight sites as centers for the provision of comprehensive services to homeless veterans. Directs the Secretary to coordinate such services with other Federal departments and agencies, State and local governments, and nongovernmental organizations. Requires assessments of the needs of homeless veterans living in each area served by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Amends the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992 to extend through FY 1999 the homeless veterans comprehensive service grant program. Amends the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1994 to require additional information on program effectiveness in a required report concerning assistance provided to homeless veterans. Extends permanently a pilot program for the furnishing of noninstitutional alternatives to veterans' nursing home care. Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary to furnish appropriate health-related services solely through contracts with public and private agencies and to designate Department health-care employees to furnish case management services to veterans furnished such services. Amends the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 to require counseling to Persian Gulf War veterans to include verbal counseling along with the provision of written materials. Authorizes the Secretary to provide hospital care and services to a veteran who was exposed to a toxic substance, radiation (current law), or other conditions (currently, an environmental hazard) while performing military service. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of demonstration projects to test new approaches to treating, and improving treatment satisfaction of, Persian Gulf veterans who suffer from undiagnosed and ill-defined disabilities. Requires the program to be established no later than July 1, 1998, at up to ten geographically dispersed Department medical centers. Provides funding. Excludes from Federal personnel reduction requirements employees of the Veterans Health Administration who: (1) provide or supervise others who provide care and services to patients; or (2) conduct research. Empowers the Secretary with sole authority to establish Department canteens and to fix the prices of merchandise sold in such canteens. Allows such canteens to provide support services to Department medical facilities.

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Timeline

1. 22 July 1997

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 July 1997

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 July 1997

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 23 July 1997

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

5. 24 July 1997

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

   Source: Committee

6. 24 July 1997

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 8 September 1997

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6966)

   Source: IntroReferral

8. 11 September 1997

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

   Source: Committee

9. 11 September 1997

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

10. 2 October 1997

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 167.

    Source: Calendars

11. 2 October 1997

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 105-293.

    Source: Committee

12. 2 October 1997

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 105-293.

    Source: Committee

13. 6 October 1997

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

14. 6 October 1997

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

15. 6 October 1997

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

16. 6 October 1997

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8362-8367, H8397)

    Source: Floor

17. 6 October 1997

    Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Stearns objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.

    Source: Floor

18. 6 October 1997

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

    Source: Floor

19. 6 October 1997

    Floor

    Mr. Stump moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    Source: Floor

20. 7 October 1997

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Referred in Senate · 7 October 1997 · Download file
• Engrossed in House · 6 October 1997 · Download file
• Reported in House · 2 October 1997 · Download file
• Introduced in House · 22 July 1997 · Download file

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• Referred in Senate (text)

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Sponsors

• Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cooksey, John [R-LA-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mascara, Frank [D-PA-20] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that special pay paid to certain physicians and dentists of the Veterans Health Administration who retire before October 1, 1999, shall be considered to be basic pay for retirement purposes.
• related to → To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the entities eligible to purchase pharmaceutical products from the Federal Supply Schedule.