# 114-hr-3019: Veterans Residential Care Choice Act

114-hr-3019, Veterans Residential Care Choice Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3019
- Congress: 114
- Title: Veterans Residential Care Choice Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2015-07-10
- Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Veterans Residential Care Choice Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), at the request of an eligible veteran for whom the VA is required to provide domiciliary, nursing home, adult day health, or hospital care, or who is determined to be in need of such care, to place the veteran (at the expense of the United States) in a state licensed or certified residential care facility that meets VA standards if the cost of providing such care through the facility is less than the cost of providing the care through any other available option. An eligible veteran is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 70% or more disabling.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2015-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2015-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2015-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2015-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4521: Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-4447: Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-3019 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3019)

## Related
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- [114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika viru…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5044)
- [114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4592)
- [114-hr-4521: Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4521)
- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-4447: Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4447)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3019 (as of 2025-11-18).