Veterans Health Care and Programs Improvement Act of 1983

Summary

Veterans' Health Care and Programs Improvement Amendments of 1983 - Title I: Adult Day Health Care Services Program - Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program furnishing adult day care health services at Veterans Administration (VA) medical facilities to eligible veterans. Terminates such program after FY 1987. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984-1987. Directs the Administrator to include a comprehensive report on this program in his annual report to Congress. Title II: Community Residential Care - Authorizes the Administrator to refer veterans eligible for hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, and medical care through the Veterans Administration to community residential facilities. Makes each veteran responsible for the cost of care and services provided by such facilities. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations regarding such facilities to ensure the health and safety of placed veterans. Requires the Administrator's approval of a facility before placement assistance is provided. Title III: Presumption Concerning Dysthymic Disorder - Creates a presumption of service-connection for disability purposes for dysthymic disorder (or depressive neurosis) manifest to a degree of ten percent or more in a veteran who is a former prisoner of war. Title IV: Beneficiary Travel - Permits the Administrator to pay the total travel costs of certain veterans receiving medical care at VA facilities. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for this Act

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Timeline

1. 23 February 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 February 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 March 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.

   Source: Committee

4. 9 March 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 10 March 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-433.

   Source: Committee

6. 20 April 1983

   Reported

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

   Source: Committee

7. 12 May 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

   Source: Committee

8. 23 May 1983

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 223.

   Source: Calendars

9. 23 May 1983

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Simpson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-145.

   Source: Committee

10. 23 May 1983

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Simpson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-145.

    Source: Committee

11. 28 June 1983

    Floor

    Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 2920 as an amendment.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

3 official files

• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 28 June 1983

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 23 May 1983

  Open at official source

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Sponsors

• Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · 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
• Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983
• related to → Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 1983
• related to → A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize reimbursement for the reasonable charge for chiropractic services provided to certain veterans.
• related to → A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the per diem rate payable by the Veterans' Administration to States providing domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care to veterans in State homes.
• related to → A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide certain contract hospital care and medical services in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other territories.
• amends ← To permit the Veterans' Administration to undertake working drawings for certain major medical facility construction projects in fiscal year 1984 so as to expedite the completion of such projects.