Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

Summary

Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act This bill addresses various programs, benefits, and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including those related to health care, educational assistance, home loans, homelessness, and disability and memorial affairs. Among other elements, the bill modifies the administration of the Veterans Community Care Program, including by providing protections for care agreements between veterans and clinicians; increases the expenditure cap for non-institutional care alternatives to nursing home care; provides certain support to family caregivers under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers; modifies the administration of certain educational assistance programs and benefits, including by removing the expiration on a surviving spouse’s entitlement under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship; expands the Native American Direct Loan program by allowing Native American veterans to refinance other existing mortgage loans on the same property if certain conditions are met; requires the VA to provide a burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans who die prior to October 1, 2026, in a home or other setting at which the veteran was receiving VA hospice care (if such care was directly preceded by VA hospital or nursing home care); temporarily increases the maximum rate of per diem payments provided by the VA to entities that furnish services and transitional housing to homeless veterans; authorizes a program to modernize the electronic health record and other relevant health information technology systems of the VA; and addresses various oversight and reporting matters.

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Timeline

1. 14 May 2024

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 14 May 2024

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 14 May 2024

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 November 2024

   Vote

   Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 389 - 9 (Roll no. 466). (text: CR H6038-6065)

   Source: Floor

5. 18 November 2024

   Passed

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

   Source: Floor

6. 18 November 2024

   Vote

   On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 389 - 9 (Roll no. 466). (text: CR H6038-6065)

   Source: Floor

7. 18 November 2024

   Vote

   At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

   Source: Floor

8. 18 November 2024

   Floor

   DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8371.

   Source: Floor

9. 18 November 2024

   Floor

   Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6038-6070)

   Source: Floor

10. 18 November 2024

    Floor

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

    Source: Floor

11. 19 November 2024

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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• Received in Senate · 19 November 2024 · Download file
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