US Congress Senate Bill 1934 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on June 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits (including dependency and indemnity compensation) in situations where a veteran has been disabled or died as a result of medical treatment or vocational rehabilitation. Under the bill, the VA must award such benefits if a disability or death of a veteran was caused by hospital care, a medical service, or an extended care service furnished by a non-VA provider as part of the Veterans Community Care Program. The proximate cause of the disability or death in these situations must have been (1) carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or a similar instance of fault on the part of the provider; or (2) an event that was not reasonably foreseeable.

Parity in Veterans Health Care Rights Act

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-20	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1934/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1934/BILLS-116s1934is.pdf