Veterans Administration Health Care Amendments of 1984

Summary

Veterans' Administration Health Care Amendments of 1984 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to designate one office in each Veterans Administration (VA) health care facility and central office to provide referrals to veterans for outside care. Grants priority to veterans 50 percent service disabled or age 65 or older. Authorizes the Administrator to contract for halfway house care at prevailing community rates as part of the alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program. Directs the Administrator to establish the parameters of treatment under such program. Directs the Administrator to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees on a survey of all such VA programs. Makes such programs permanent. Includes devices for the hearing-impaired among the medical services the VA will provide to eligible veterans. Directs the Administrator to establish within the Mental Health and Behavorial Sciences Services of the Department of Medicine and Surgery the position of Associate Director for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to develop policies and coordinate services for the treatment of Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Requires the Associate Director to: (1) coordinate inpatient care by medical region and ensure referrals and followup care; and (2) conduct education and training programs for Department employees. Directs the Chief Medical Director to establish a task force on the care and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder to advise the Director on policy regarding treatment modes and standards. Requires the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees within nine months on the posttraumatic stress disorder program. Directs the Administrator to report to the Veterans' Affairs Committees by the end of FY 1985 on programs, current and prospective, to provide care and support to terminally and chronically ill veterans and their families.

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Timeline

1. 30 March 1984

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 March 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 April 1984

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.

   Source: Committee

4. 11 April 1984

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1211.

   Source: Committee

5. 9 May 1984

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

6. 25 May 1984

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 929.

   Source: Calendars

7. 25 May 1984

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Simpson under the authority of the order of May 11, 84 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-487.

   Source: Committee

8. 25 May 1984

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Simpson under the authority of the order of May 11, 84 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-487.

   Source: Committee

9. 17 July 1984

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

   Source: Committee

10. 9 August 1984

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Documents

3 official files

• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 August 1984

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 May 1984

  Open at official source

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Sponsors

• Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Cohen, William S. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984
• related to → A bill to revise and clarify the eligibility of certain disabled veterans for automobile adaptive equipment.
• related to → Veterans Administration Health-Care Program Improvements Act of 1984
• related to → A bill entitled the "Care for Chemically Dependent Veterans Act".
• amends ← To delete certain provisions involving entitlement spending, directing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to modify the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land previously conveyed to the State of California, modifying the Veterans' Administration's State veterans' home matching fund construction grant program to authorize grants for the acquisition of State home facilities, expressing the sense of Congress about certain recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control relating to VA health-care systems, authorizing the Administrator to modify rates of basic pay for certain psychologists, and naming certain VA medical centers.