[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3103 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3103

 To revise certain requirements relating to the Department of Veterans 
 Affairs pilot program of enhanced contract care authority for health 
             care needs of veterans in highly rural areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To revise certain requirements relating to the Department of Veterans 
 Affairs pilot program of enhanced contract care authority for health 
             care needs of veterans in highly rural areas.

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

SECTION 1. REVISION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM OF 
              ENHANCED CONTRACT CARE AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF 
              VETERANS IN HIGHLY RURAL AREAS.

    Subsection (b) of section 403 of the Veterans' Mental Health and 
Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-387; 38 U.S.C. 1703 
note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Covered Veterans.--For purposes of the pilot program under 
this section, a covered veteran is any veteran who--
            ``(1) is--
                    ``(A) enrolled in the system of patient enrollment 
                established under section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
                States Code, as of the date of the commencement of the 
                pilot program under subsection (a)(2); or
                    ``(B) eligible for health care under section 
                1710(e)(3)(C) of title 38, United States Code; and
            ``(2) resides in a location that is--
                    ``(A) more than 60 minutes' driving distance, as 
                determined by the Secretary, from the nearest 
                Department health care facility providing primary care 
                services, in the case of a veteran seeking such 
                services;
                    ``(B) more than 120 minutes' driving distance, as 
                determined by the Secretary, from the nearest 
                Department health care facility providing acute 
                hospital care, in the case of a veteran seeking such 
                care; and
                    ``(C) more than 240 minutes' driving distance, as 
                determined by the Secretary, from the nearest 
                Department health care facility providing tertiary 
                care, in the case of a veteran seeking such care.''.
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