H.R. 1970

Summary

H.R. 1970, the Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 10, 2025 by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) with 53 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Health, and last saw action on Mar 27, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Record

Text

H.R. 1970 has 53 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1970 IH: Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-03-10
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1970  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 10, 2025   Mrs. Miller-Meeks  (for herself and  Mr. Pappas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Veterans' Affairs    A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State homes for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain costly medications provided to veterans who receive nursing home care in such State homes, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act  .
2.
Reimbursement of a State home for high cost medications
Section 1745(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by striking  Payment  and inserting
(A)   Subject to subparagraph (B), payment ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
(B)
In addition to payment described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, at the election of a covered State home—
(i)
reimburse the covered State home for a costly medication; or
(ii)
furnish such costly medication to the covered State home.
(C)
In this paragraph:
(i)
The term  costly medication  means a drug or medicine for which the average wholesale price for one month’s supply, plus a 3 percent transaction fee, exceeds 8.5 percent of the payment under subparagraph (A) by the Secretary to a covered State home for care provided to the veteran who receives such costly medication during such month.
(ii)
The term  covered State home  means a State home that, in the course of nursing home care provided pursuant to a contract (or agreement) under paragraph (1), provides to a veteran a costly medication.
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State homes for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain costly medications provided to veterans who receive nursing home care in such State homes, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) sponsors H.R. 1970, and 53 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Rep. · R–IA-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025

Christopher Pappas

Rep. · D–NH-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 10, 2025 · Original

Jack Bergman

Rep. · R–MI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 24, 2025

Nick LaLota

Rep. · R–NY-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 24, 2025

Thomas Suozzi

Rep. · D–NY-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 24, 2025

Andrew Garbarino

Rep. · R–NY-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 1, 2025

Rashida Tlaib

Rep. · D–MI-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 28, 2025

Laura Gillen

Rep. · D–NY-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 30, 2025

Hillary Scholten

Rep. · D–MI-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 30, 2025

Donald Davis

Rep. · D–NC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 5, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1970 went before 2 committees: Health Subcommittee and Veterans' Affairs.

Health Subcommittee

Health Subcommittee

Referred to · Mar 27, 2025 · 143 Bills

Veterans' Affairs

Veterans' Affairs

Referred To · Mar 10, 2025 · 285 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1970 has taken 3 actions since Mar 10, 2025, the latest on Mar 27, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1970 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1970 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act — Display Title
• Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State homes for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain costly medications provided to veterans who receive nursing home care in such State homes, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 22 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1970 in 19 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Veterans, Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Government Issues, Homeland Security, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Medicare/Medicaid.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 22.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1970 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1970’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1970, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS:H.R. 1970.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 1, Article 8 of the US Constitution[Page H1067]

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