[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2445 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2445

     To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the 
 requirement for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide nursing 
 home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and 
 to expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable 
                    service-connected disabilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2003

  Mr. Evans introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the 
 requirement for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide nursing 
 home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and 
 to expand eligibility for such care to all veterans with compensable 
                    service-connected disabilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Nursing Home Care Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED NURSING HOME CARE PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) Expansion of Eligibility.--Subsection (a) of section 1710A of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``70 percent'' and 
inserting ``10 percent''.
    (b) Repeal of Sunset Provision.--Such section is further amended by 
striking subsection (c).
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