113 HR 5047 IH: Continuing Care for Veterans Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-07-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5047 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2014 Mr. Peters of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from altering available health care and wait times for appointments for health care for certain veterans, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Continuing Care for Veterans Act of 2014.

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Prohibition on altering available health care and wait times for appointments for health care for certain veterans

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not alter the hospital care, medical services, or other health care available to a veteran who is enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, or the amount of time such veteran is required to wait for an appointment for such care or services based solely on the length of time since such veteran has last received such care or services from the Department.