Veterans' Administration Health-Care Programs Improvement Act of 1985

Summary

Veterans' Administration Health Care Programs Improvement Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish and conduct a pilot program in five geographic areas to furnish medical, rehabilitative, and social services care to eligible veterans in lieu of nursing home care. Outlines eligibility requirements for veterans participating in such program. Gives priority for such program to veterans who are either over 65 or catastrophically disabled. Requires each Veterans' Administration medical facility administering such pilot program to furnish unified care management services for each veteran receiving services under such program. Prohibits the cost of the pilot program from exceeding 60 percent of what it would have cost the VA to furnish nursing home services instead of such program. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of the benefits of the pilot program as an alternative to nursing home care and report the findings of such study to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Congress within 18 months after the commencement of the pilot program. Requires the Administrator to submit to the same Committees a final report on the program within 90 days after the termination of such program. Commences the pilot program on January 1, 1986, and terminates it on December 31, 1988. Directs the Administrator to monitor the performance of VA programs of treatment and rehabilitation for alcohol or drug dependence or abuse to determine various benefits of such programs. Requires the Administrator to report findings to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Congress on an annual basis. Prohibits the Administrator from entering into contracts under such programs which exceed a total program level of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year. Directs the Administrator to establish and conduct in five geographic areas a pilot program under which the Administrator may contract for community residential care for chronically mentally ill veterans. Outlines eligibility requirements for veterans participating in such program. Requires each VA medical facility administering the pilot program to furnish unified care management services for each veteran receiving care under such program. Requires the Administrator, within 18 months after the commencement of the pilot program, to provide an interim report to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Congress. Requires the Administrator to submit to the same Committees a final report on the program within 90 days after the termination of such program. Commences the pilot program on January 1, 1986, and terminates it on December 31, 1988. Directs the Administrator, through the Office of the Inspector General of the VA, to establish and conduct a comprehensive quality assurance program to monitor and evaluate the quality of health care furnished by the Department of Medicine and Surgery to eligible veterans. Requires the Chief Medical Director of the Department of Medicine and Surgery to provide certain standards, statistics, and information on the surgery programs within the Department and to make evaluations and recommendations. Requires the Inspector General of the VA to review certain mortality and morbidity data collected, make certain determinations as to the appropriateness of the mortality and morbidity rates within the Department of Medicine and Surgery, and report such findings to the Congress. Requires the Administrator to establish the Advisory Committee on Veterans' Administration Facility Planning. Requires the Committee to review the criteria for sizing VA medical facilities. Directs the Committee, not later than October 1 annually, to report its findings to the VA, together with recommendations. Requires the Administrator, not later than six months after each such annual report is submitted, to transmit such report together with comments and recommendations for proposed legislation to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Congress.

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Timeline

1. 3 April 1985

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 April 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 April 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from OMB, VA.

   Source: Committee

4. 7 May 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-420.

   Source: Committee

5. 11 June 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

   Source: Committee

6. 12 June 1985

   Reported

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

   Source: Committee

7. 14 June 1985

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from OMB.

   Source: Committee

8. 8 July 1985

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220.

   Source: Calendars

9. 8 July 1985

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-101.

   Source: Committee

10. 8 July 1985

    Reported

    Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-101.

    Source: Committee

11. 26 July 1985

    Committee

    Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

    Source: Committee

12. 30 July 1985

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Documents

3 official files

• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 30 July 1985

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 8 July 1985

  Open at official source

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Sponsors

• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Abdnor, James [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1985
• related to → Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1985
• related to → Vietnam Veterans' Resource Center Act of 1985
• related to → Veterans' Health Care Promotion Act of 1985
• related to → Veterans' Chiropractic Services Demonstration Projects Act of 1985
• amends ← To increase the insurance amount under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance.
• amends ← To delete the amendment to the definition of "Vietnam era'; to delete the amendment relating to exclusion of certain remuneration from annual income for the purposes of certain veterans' pensions; to facilitate the provision of psychological assistance to U.S. citizens who have been political hostages; to modify the restrictions on the use of certain real property in Utah and Wisconsin; to increase the amount of insurance under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance; to extend the period for entering into training under the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983; and to extend the authority to operate an office of the Veterans' Administration in the Republic of the Philippines.