HR 7158 United States House · 117th Congress

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Summary

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to pay for specified veterans (i.e., certain veterans who have service-connected disabilities and require nursing home care) to be placed in medical foster homes at their request. A medical foster home is a home designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting. Veterans receiving such care must agree, as a condition of payment for their care, to accept home health services furnished by the VA. Under the bill, no more than a daily average of 900 veterans may have their care in a medical foster home covered by the VA. The VA must create a monitoring system to assess its workload in carrying out the medical foster home payments. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress reports that assess the implementation of this program and provide recommendations for improvements. The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through February 15, 2031, under the VA's home loan program.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2022

Committee Review

Dec 2022

House Passage

Dec 2022

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Mar 18, 2022 Last action Dec 5, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Dec 5, 2022

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

upper

Dec 1, 2022

Lower · Passed

Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1499, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 4601, as amended; H.R. 4772, as amended; H.R. 4899; H.R. 5943, as amended; H.R. 7158, as amended; H.R. 8203; H.R. 9308; and S. 3825; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 744, as amended; and H. Res. 922, as amended. (consideration: CR H8696-8700; text: CR H8697-8698)

lower

Dec 1, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1499, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 4601, as amended; H.R. 4772, as amended; H.R. 4899; H.R. 5943, as amended; H.R. 7158, as amended; H.R. 8203; H.R. 9308; and S. 3825; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 744, as amended; and H. Res. 922, as amended.(consideration: CR H8696-8700; text: CR H8697-8698)

lower

Nov 29, 2022

Introduced

Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Apr 6, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

lower

Mar 18, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

lower

Mar 18, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 15 co-sponsors