Clermont Times

Today, the House passed H.R. 1432, the VSO Equal Tax Treatment Act or the VETT Act, and H.R. 3800, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act, both sponsored by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH). Additionally, language from Rep. Wenstrup's Foster Care Adoption Oversight and Support Act was included in H.R. 9076, the Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act.

H.R. 1432 - The VSO Equal Tax Treatment Act or the VETT Act is a bipartisan and bicameral bill that updates a provision in the Federal tax code preventing Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) from accepting tax-deductible donations unless they maintain a membership of at least 90 percent wartime veterans. Current rules exclude veterans who served after the Vietnam War and before the Persian Gulf War in 1991 from being considered “wartime” veterans. The VETT Act will allow all Congressionally-chartered VSOs to receive tax-deductible donations regardless of wartime membership.

H.R. 3800 - The Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act expands choice, increases flexibility, and reduces burdens in providing health care for employees. It codifies chronic disease management flexibilities to encourage employers to offer high-value health care services. This legislation would help employers provide expanded "first dollar coverage" and allow them to cover 14 chronic care management medical services including beta-blockers, glucometers, and cholesterol-lowering medications.

H.R. 9076 - The Protecting America's Children by Strengthening Families Act reauthorizes and modernizes title IV-B of the Social Security Act to strengthen child welfare services and expand prevention services for vulnerable families. A provision of this bill includes language from Rep. Wenstrup’s Foster Care Adoption Oversight and Support Act to gather data assessing post-adoption services' effectiveness, identify gaps in accessible services, inform strategic investments, and improve outcomes for adopted children and their families.

"I am proud that the House passed this legislation today that would help our veterans, employee access to health care, and adopting families," said Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., "and I hope my colleagues in the Senate move these bipartisan bills swiftly to the President's desk to sign."

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