H.R. 1532 · 114th Congress
Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tom Emmer
- Introduced
- 2015-03-23
- Latest action
- 2015-04-07 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Summary
Keeping our Promises to Veterans Act of 2015
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 regarding the veterans choice program to:
reduce the 40-mile radius requirement to 20 miles, and require that the closest medical facility is able to provide a veteran with the care and services needed; reduce the 30-day wait-time goal to 15 days; and require the Veterans Administration (VA) to implement the prompt payment system by the earlier of February 1, 2016, or 180 days after the Comptroller General submits a certain report on the timeliness of VA payments for hospital care, medical services, and other health care furnished by non-VA health care providers.