[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2966 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2966

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the availability of 
   emergency medical care for veterans in non-Department of Veterans 
                      Affairs medical facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2005

  Mr. Honda 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 clarify the availability of 
   emergency medical care for veterans in non-Department of Veterans 
                      Affairs medical facilities.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FOR 
              VETERANS IN NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL 
              FACILITIES.

    Section 1725(f)(1)(C) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, with the 
determination of whether the veteran can be so transferred to be based 
both on the condition of the veteran and on the availability of a bed 
in a Department facility that is not geographically inaccessible to the 
veteran''.
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