[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6471 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6471

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the availability of 
health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by adjusting 
            the income level for certain priority veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2008

  Mr. Filner 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 expand the availability of 
health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by adjusting 
            the income level for certain priority veterans.

    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 ``Expanding Availability of VA Health 
Care Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY SECRETARY 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BY ADJUSTING THE INCOME LEVEL FOR 
              CERTAIN PRIORITY VETERANS.

    (a) Adjustment of Income Level.--Subsection (a)(7) of section 1705 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``who are eligible for treatment as a low-
        income family'' and inserting ``whose incomes do not exceed 150 
        percent of the maximum income of a family that is eligible for 
        treatment as a low-income family''; and
            (2) by striking ``, regardless'' and all that follows 
        through the end and inserting a period.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to patient enrollments in the system of annual 
patient enrollment under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, 
for fiscal years beginning on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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