Veterans Health-Care Amendments of 1992

Summary

Veterans Health-Care Amendments of 1992 - Extends permanently (currently expires September 30, 1992) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish respite care to veterans eligible for hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care. Extends through: (1) FY 1996 the authorization of appropriations for the construction of State home facilities; and (2) FY 1994 the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program. Expands the list of matters which may not be considered by the Secretary as a basis for the denial or discontinuance of a rating of total disability for purposes of compensation or pension received by a veteran and based on such veteran's inability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment to include a veteran's participation in activities, or receipt of a distribution of funds, related to therapeutic and rehabilitative services and programs. Includes a veteran's eligible survivor or dependent as a person for whom the United States has the right to recover from a third party (the person's insurer) the cost of care provided to such person by the Department that otherwise would have been provided or paid by the third party. Provides that, in the case of a health-plan contract that is a Medicare supplemental insurance policy: (1) Department facilities and personnel shall be deemed to be Medicare-participating providers; (2) medical services covered by such policy and furnished by the Department shall be deemed to be Medicare-covered services; and (3) the person to whom the services were provided shall be deemed to have a legal obligation to the United States to pay for the services. Allows funds recovered for the furnishing of such sevices to be used for the procurement of needed medical equipment for Department medical facilities, earmarking 20 percent of such procurement directly to the medical facilities that provided such care. Provides a September 30, 1996, delimiting date for the recovery of the cost of furnishing general care and services from veterans and eligible beneficiaries and a September 30, 1993, delimiting date for the recovery of cost of services provided under the medical suplemental insurance policy. Directs the Assistant Chief Medical Director of the Department in charge of geriatrics to estabish a panel to assess the scientific and clinical merit of proposals submitted to the Secretary for the establishment of new geriatric research, education, and clinical centers in the United States. Provides a new Assistant Director grade in the nurse pay grade schedule in the Department. Authorizes the Secretary to increase up to a specified limit the rate of basic pay for a nurse serving in a chief nurse position at a Department facility. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a nurse transferred to another facility at the request of the Secretary up to the applicable rate paid to such employee before such transfer for one year if necessary to fill the position. Directs the Secretary to conduct a review of the qualification standards applicable to nursing personnel at Department health-care facilities and the relationship between such standards and the pay compression of nursing personnel in the intermediate and senior pay grades. Requires a revision of such qualification standards after such review by either April 1, 1993, or six months after enactment of this Act, whichever is later. Directs the Secretary to submit a report on the review's findings to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees (veterans' committees). Directs the Secretary to conduct a review of the process used for determining the rate of basic pay applicable to the Chief Nurse position at Department facilities and to report to the veterans' committees the results of such review. Requires the Secretary to include in a certain report to the veterans' committees: (1) the number of nurses per facility who are on pay retention or in the top step of any grade; and (2) whether extensions of such pay grades were sought and granted.

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Timeline

1. 18 May 1992

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 May 1992

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 May 1992

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 20 May 1992

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

5. 20 May 1992

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

   Source: Committee

6. 20 May 1992

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care.

   Source: Committee

7. 28 May 1992

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 28 May 1992

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

9. 26 June 1992

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 342.

   Source: Calendars

10. 26 June 1992

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 102-622.

    Source: Committee

11. 26 June 1992

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 102-622.

    Source: Committee

12. 24 September 1992

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 578 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5192 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 8 of rule XXI are waived. In lieu of the amendments recommended by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

    Source: Floor

13. 1 October 1992

    Passed

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

    Source: Floor

14. 1 October 1992

    Passed

    On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

15. 1 October 1992

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

16. 1 October 1992

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

17. 1 October 1992

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

18. 1 October 1992

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5192.

    Source: Floor

19. 1 October 1992

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5192 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 8 of rule XXI are waived. In lieu of the amendments recommended by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

    Source: Floor

20. 1 October 1992

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Julian C. Dixon to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

21. 1 October 1992

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 578 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

22. 1 October 1992

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 578.

    Source: Floor

23. 1 October 1992

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 578 passed House.

    Source: Floor

24. 2 October 1992

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

25. 8 October 1992

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Sponsors

• Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Spence, Floyd [R-SC-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jones, Ben [D-GA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harris, Claude [D-AL-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Payne, Lewis F., Jr. [D-VA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Parker, Mike [R-MS-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5192) to amend title 38, United States Code, to make improvements to veterans health programs.
• amends ← Amendment originally sought to delete provisions in the bill that approve the sale of tobacco products in the canteens at veterans' health facilities, and also require that indoor smoking lounges be provided at such facilities. It would have allowed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a policy to prohibit or restrict smoking in veterans' health facilities. \ As amended by the Wise amendment (A002), the above was replaced with language that authorizes the use of tobacco in such facilities and requires the VA to maintain suitable indoor smoking areas at their facilities.
• amends ← See Penny amendment (A001) for description.
• amends ← Amendment: (1) adds "Buy American" restrictions to procurements authorized under the bill; (2) adds language stating as the sense of Congress that recipients of assistance under this bill should purchase American-made equipment and products; and (3) prohibits the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels.