H.R. 7158
Referred to CommitteeLong-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
12/5/2022 • Senate
Summary
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to pay for specified veterans (i.e., certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and require nursing home care) to be placed in medical foster homes at their request. A medical foster home is a home designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting.
Veterans receiving such care must agree, as a condition of payment for their care, to accept home health services furnished by the VA.
Under the bill, no more than a daily average of 900 veterans may have their care in a medical foster home covered by the VA.
The VA must create a monitoring system to assess its workload in carrying out the medical foster home payments. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress reports that assess the implementation of this program and provide recommendations for improvements.
The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through February 15, 2031, under the VA's home loan program.
Passed House • 12/1/2022
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H.R. 7158, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022
Published: June 10, 2022
Estimated Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 7158, the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
As Posted to the Website of the Clerk of the House on November 25, 2022
Published: November 29, 2022
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Bill Journey
Originated in the House
Introduced
March 18, 2022
Committee Review
April 6, 2022
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Floor Debate
November 29, 2022
Passed Chamber
December 1, 2022
Other Chamber
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Enacted into Law
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Related Bills (2)
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Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act