A bill to authorize the establishment in the Department of Veterans Affairs of a center for technical assistance for non-Department health care providers who furnish care to veterans in rural areas, and for other purposes.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

23 September 2011

Last action

27 June 2012 · Committee

Status

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.

Summary

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a center for technical assistance to assist non-VA health providers who furnish care to veterans in rural areas. Makes the head of such center the Director of the Rural Veterans Health Care Technical Assistance Center. Requires the Secretary, in selecting the center's location, to give preference to a location that, among other things: (1) has a high number of veterans in rural and highly rural areas, and (2) is near one or more entities carrying out programs and activities relating to health care for rural populations.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

23 September 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
23 September 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
27 June 2012
Committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.
Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Introduced in Senate · 23 September 2011 · Download file

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View file Download file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Vertaal naar

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 23 September 2011
View Download Open at official source
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 23 September 2011
View Download Open at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Vertaal naar
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 23 September 2011
Open at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Vertaal naar
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.

Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1631
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1631
us · 112-s-1631 · source updated 7 April 2025