S. 324: State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-07 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-159.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 115-159. (final step reached)
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Official title

State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017

Plain summary

State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with each state home to pay for medical supervision model adult day health care for a veteran for whom the home is not receiving VA nursing home care payments. Such payment shall constitute payment in full for such care. The veteran must need such care either specifically for a service-connected disability, or, if not specifically for one, the veteran must have a service-connected disability rated 70% or more. The payment rate under each VA-state home agreement for a veteran shall be established through regulations prescribed by the VA to adequately reimburse the home for the care, including necessary transportation expenses. Such rate shall not take effect until 30 days after the date on which the regulations are published in the Federal Register. Until such time, the initial rate shall equal 65% of the payment that the VA would otherwise pay to the state home if the veteran were receiving nursing home care. "Medical supervision model adult day health care" means adult day health care that includes the coordination of physician services, dental services, nursing services, the administration of drugs, and such other requirements as the VA may determine.

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State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act of 2017

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Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · 36 cosponsors

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Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Lee (R-UT), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Thune (R-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s324.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s324 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115