[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2816 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2816

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans 
 to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority 
                               category.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2003

  Mr. Bishop of New York (for himself and Mrs. McCarthy of New York) 
 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 require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs in the management of health care services for veterans 
 to place certain low-income veterans in a higher health-care priority 
                               category.

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

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE PRIORITY FOR 
              CERTAIN LOW-INCOME VETERANS BASED UPON REGIONAL INCOME 
              THRESHOLDS.

    (a) Change in Priority Category.--Section 1705(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A) who are'' after 
                ``Veterans'';
                    (B) by inserting ``and'' after ``through (4)''; and
                    (C) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, or (B) who are described in section 
                1710(a)(3) of this title and are eligible for treatment 
                as a low-income family under section 3(b) of the United 
                States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)) for the 
                area in which such veterans reside, regardless of 
                whether such veterans are treated as single person 
                families under paragraph (3)(A) of such section 3(b) or 
                as families under paragraph (3)(B) of such section 
                3(b)'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (7); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (7) and in 
        that paragraph by striking ``paragraph (7)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraph (5)(B)''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1710(f)(4) of such title is 
amended by striking ``section 1705(a)(7)'' and inserting ``section 
1705(a)(5)(B)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 2, 2004.
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