H.R. 4898: Access to Veteran-Centered Community Care Act
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H.R. 4898: Access to Veteran-Centered Community Care Act
113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-18 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Access to Veteran-Centered Community Care Act
Plain summary
Access to Veteran-Centered Community Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) determine that a VA facility is not capable of furnishing the care or services required if a veteran has been waiting for 14 days or longer for an appointment to receive hospital care or medical services, including primary care, in such a facility; and (2) ensure that such care or services are provided to such a veteran at a non-VA facility under contract with the VA. Requires: (1) any referral of a veteran who, in the course of receiving hospital care or medical services in a non-VA facility, is referred to another non-VA facility for specialty care, to be submitted to the Secretary; and (2) the Secretary, if he or she does not reject such referral during the 72-hour period following its submittal, to ensure that such specialty care is provided to the veteran at a non-VA facility under contract with the VA.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Access to Veteran-Centered Community Care Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4898.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4898 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113