# 116-hr-1527: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

116-hr-1527, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA); status Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-1527
- Congress: 116
- Title: Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
- Status: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Introduced: 2019-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts to place certain disabled veterans in medical foster homes at the request of such veterans. Specifically, the bill concerns veterans with service-connected disabilities to whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care. Medical foster homes are homes designed to provide non-institutional, long-term, supportive care for veterans who are unable to live independently and prefer a family setting. In any year, not more than a daily average of 900 veterans placed in a medical foster home may have their care covered.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2019-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2019-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2019-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2019-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2019-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2019-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] (R-KY), 2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO), 2019-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2019-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2019-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2019-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1] (D-SC), 2019-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] (R-OK), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-1527 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1527)

## Related
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1865)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1527 (as of 2025-11-18).