Please upgrade your Flash Player Tagged in: Access to health care, Confidential communications, Department of Veterans Affairs, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Government information, Government publicity, Medical care, Medicine, Ombudsman, Politics and government, Veterans, Veterans' medical care
Latest Update: Saturday, October, 11th 2008
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
5/7/2007--Introduced. Establishes in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) an Office of the Ombudsman to act as a liaison for veterans and their family members with respect to the receipt of VA health care and benefits. Requires the: (1) Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that Office services are available to all veterans and their families; (2) Secretary to make available to such veterans and family members information on contacting and utilizing the services of the Office; and (3) confidentiality of information provided to the Office by veterans and family members.
Latest Actions
- 07/30/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7244-7245)
- 07/29/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (text: CR H7244)
- 07/29/2008 - Mr. Hare moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules.
show all actions- 07/30/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7244-7245)
- 07/29/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (text: CR H7244)
- 07/29/2008 - Mr. Hare moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules.
- 07/29/2008 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2192.
- 07/29/2008 - At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Moran (KS) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered as unfinished business.
- 07/29/2008 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 0 (Roll no. 536).
- 07/29/2008 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7244-7245; text: CR H7244)
- 07/29/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H727269)
- 07/24/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 110-773.
- 07/24/2008 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.
- 07/16/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 07/16/2008 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 07/16/2008 - Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- 06/14/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 06/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 06/05/2007 - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
- 05/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- 05/07/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
show latest actions
|
