Senate - 11/08/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions)
Tracker:
This bill has the status Passed House
Here are the steps for Status of Legislation:
Introduced
Array
(
[actionDate] => 2017-11-07
[displayText] => Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-395.
[externalActionCode] => 5000
[description] => Introduced
[chamberOfAction] => House
)
Passed House
Array
(
[actionDate] => 2017-11-07
[displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8559)
[externalActionCode] => 8000
[description] => Passed House
[chamberOfAction] => House
)
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017 or the VICTOR Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include among veterans eligible to receive hospital care and medical services through agreements with the Department of Defense, the Indian Health Service, federally-qualified health centers, or health care providers that participate in the Medicare program a veteran:
who requires an organ or bone marrow transplant; and
who has a medically compelling reason to travel outside the veteran's Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network region in which the veteran resides to receive a transplant at a VA medical facility, or who faces an unusual or excessive burden in receiving such transplant at a VA facility, such as geographical challenges, environmental factors, or a medical condition that affects the ability to travel.
Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017 or the VICTOR Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include among veterans eligible to receive hospital care and medical services through agreements with the Department of Defense, the Indian Health Service, federally-qualified health centers, or health care providers that participate in the Medicare program a veteran:
who requires an organ or bone marrow transplant; and
who has a medically compelling reason to travel outside the veteran's Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network region in which the veteran resides to receive a transplant at a VA medical facility, or who faces an unusual or excessive burden in receiving such transplant at a VA facility, such as geographical challenges, environmental factors, or a medical condition that affects the ability to travel.
Shown Here: Introduced in House (05/23/2017)
Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery Act of 2017 or the VICTOR Act of 2017
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include among veterans eligible to receive hospital care and medical services through agreements with the Department of Defense, the Indian Health Service, federally-qualified health centers, or health care providers that participate in the Medicare program a veteran who: (1) requires an organ transplant, (2) lives more than 100 miles from a Department of Veterans Affairs transplant center, and (3) is seeking such care and services related to a required organ transplant at a transplant center that is located within 100 miles of such veteran's residence and operated by such an entity.