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H.R. 1509: Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act

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H.R. 1509: Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-10 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · 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.
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Official title

Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act

Plain summary

Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act This bill urges the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that preventing veteran suicide and providing veterans access to mental health care is its top reform priority. The VA shall, every 30 days, determine and provide to the Department of Defense, with respect to the previous year: the average national wait times (in days) for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system to receive appointments for mental health care and primary health care at VA medical facilities, the average time for the VA to process a claim for disability compensation, and the average time for the VA to decide an appeal of such a claim. The VA shall place a sign displaying the most current such times in a conspicuous location at each career counselor or career assistance advisor office.

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Official text

Better Informing Veterans' Healthcare Decisions Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · 2 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1509 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115