H.R. 5693 · 115th Congress
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Clay Higgins
- Introduced
- 2018-05-07
- Latest action
- 2018-07-26 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Summary
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2019, to transfer upon request a veteran for whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care to a medical foster home that meets VA standards. A veteran shall agree, as a transfer condition, to accept VA home health services.