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H.R. 1247: Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015

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H.R. 1247: Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-04 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015

Plain summary

Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to revive, for a three-year period, VA's Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program that was carried out between January 2013 and February 2014. Requires VA to: (1) expand the pilot program to include at least 250 intermediate care technicians, and (2) give priority in assigning those technicians to VA facilities at which veterans have the longest wait times. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer credentialing data regarding DOD health care providers that are hired by VA to VA. Authorizes VA to allow a covered nurse to practice to the full scope of the nurse's practice, as defined by the applicable national professional association, under a set of VA-approved privileges, regardless of the state in which VA employs the covered nurse. Defines a "covered nurse" as an advanced practice registered nurse who is employed by VA as: (1) a nurse midwife, (2) a clinical nurse specialist, (3) a nurse practitioner, or (4) a certified registered nurse anesthetist.

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Official text

Improving Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] · 59 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1247 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114