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118th Congress > House > Vote 1184

Date: November 18, 2024

Result: 389-9 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 466

Sponsor: CISCOMANI, Juan (R-AZ)

Bill number: HR8371

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

Bill summary:

Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act

This bill addresses various programs, benefits, and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including those related to health care, educational assistance, home loans, homelessness, and disability and memorial affairs.

Among other elements, the bill

modifies the administration of the Veterans Community Care Program, including by providing protections for care agreements between veterans and clinicians;
increases the expenditure cap for non-institutional care alternatives to nursing home care;
provides certain support to family caregivers under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers;
modifies the administration of certain educational assistance programs and benefits, including by removing the expiration on a surviving spouse’s entitlement under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship;
expands the Native American Direct Loan program by allowing Native American veterans to refinance other existing mortgage loans on the same property if certain conditions are met;
requires the VA to provide a burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans who die prior to October 1, 2026, in a home or other setting at which the veteran was receiving VA hospice care (if such care was directly preceded by VA hospital or nursing home care);
temporarily increases the maximum rate of per diem payments provided by the VA to entities that furnish services and transitional housing to homeless veterans;
authorizes a program to modernize the electronic health record and other relevant health information technology systems of the VA; and
addresses various oversight and reporting matters.

Bill titles: To make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.; Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2024; EHR Program RESET Act of 2024; Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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