United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 693 (109th)
Veterans Medication Accessibility Act
Introduced
9 February 2005
Last action
4 April 2005 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5], Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Veterans Medication Accessibility Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish to a veteran such drugs and medicines as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of such veteran. (Currently, other requirements must be met before such veterans will be furnished drugs and medicines on private practitioner prescriptions.)
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Timeline
9 February 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
9 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 April 2005
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 February 2005 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- ROBERT BRADY · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/693
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/693
- us · 109-hr-693 · source updated 15 August 2025