A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a program providing community-based residential treatment for homeless chronically mentally ill veterans and to authorize the inclusion of certain other chronically ill veterans in such program, and for other purposes.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, until September 30, 1992, to conduct a program to provide care and treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other community-based treatment facilities to homeless veterans suffering from chronic mental illness disabilities. Requires the Secretary, before providing such care, to approve the quality and effectiveness of the program operated by such facility. Authorizes the Secretary to provide in-kind assistance to a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility which is furnishing care and services to veterans under these provisions, with certain limitations, including reimbursement to the Department for the full cost of such assistance. Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the experience of the Department with regard to the provision of such care and services and continuation of the program.

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Timeline

1. 9 February 1989

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 February 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 March 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from the Veterans' Administrationand Office of Management and Budget.

   Source: Committee

4. 14 June 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-466.

   Source: Committee

5. 27 July 1989

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 13 ordered to be reported.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · — · Download file

Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 9 February 1989

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Sponsors

• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act of 1989