S. 2170: VETS Act of 2015
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S. 2170: VETS Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-10-08 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-10-08 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
VETS Act of 2015
Plain summary
Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2015 or VETS Act of 2015 Allows a health care professional who is authorized to provide health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs and who is licensed, registered, or certified in a state to practice his or her profession at any location in any state, regardless of where the professional or patient is located, if the professional is using telemedicine to provide treatment. Allows such treatment regardless of whether the professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · 13 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2170.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s2170 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114