← Back to Bills
S. 903Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

A bill to amend the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 to extend and expand the pilot program on the use of community-based organizations and local and State government entities to ensure that veterans receive care and benefits for which they are eligible and for other purposes.

Sponsored by Tom UdallSen. Tom Udall (D-NM)
Introduced April 7, 2017

AI-Generated Summary

Updated April 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM UTC

The bill changes the 2010 Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act to keep a pilot program that helps veterans get the care and benefits they deserve running longer and to let it grow to more places. It also updates how the program’s progress must be reported to the government.

Key Provisions

  • Extends the pilot program’s deadline so it can operate until September 30, 2019.
  • Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to add new locations to the pilot if the initial report recommends expansion.
  • Updates reporting requirements: changes the heading to “Reports,” requires each report to be submitted within 180 days after the pilot ends, and adds language to cover both continuing and expanding the program.

Legislative Activity

Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action

1 earlier action
SenateIntro Referral Latest Action

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

Veterans' Affairs Committee

April 7, 2017

View full timeline
SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

April 7, 2017

SenateIntro Referral

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

Veterans' Affairs Committee

April 7, 2017

Bill Text

Latest available legislative text

Reading Mode
Latest
Raw Text PDF XML
Introduced in SenateIssued April 7, 2017

II

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 903

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 7, 2017

Mr. Udall (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 to extend and expand the pilot program on the use of community-based organizations and local and State government entities to ensure that veterans receive care and benefits for which they are eligible, and for other purposes.

1.

Extension and expansion of pilot program on use of certain organizations and entities to ensure that veterans receive care and benefits for which they are eligible

(a)

Extension

Subsection (b) of section 506 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 38 U.S.C. 523 note) is amended to read as follows:

(b)

Duration of program

The Secretary may not carry out the pilot program after September 30, 2019.

.

(b)

Expansion of locations

Subsection (c) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(3)

Additional locations

The Secretary may expand the pilot program to include additional locations if the Secretary recommends that the pilot program be expanded in the initial report submitted under subsection (g)(2)(C).

.

(c)

Report

Subsection (g) of such section is amended—

(1)

in the subsection heading, by striking Report on program and inserting Reports;

(2)

in paragraph (1), by inserting and not later than 180 days after the completion of the pilot program, after September 30, 2017,; and

(3)

in paragraph (2)—

(A)

in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking The report and inserting Each report; and

(B)

in subparagraph (C), by inserting or expanding after continuing.