[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6220 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6220

To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs provides veterans with information concerning service-
           connected disabilities at health care facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2010

Ms. Pingree of Maine 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 ensure that the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs provides veterans with information concerning service-
           connected disabilities at health care facilities.

    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 ``Inform All Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 6303 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection (e):
    ``(e) Provision of Information at Health Care Facilities.--(1) The 
Secretary shall--
            ``(A) make available information described in paragraph (2) 
        at readily accessible locations in health care facilities of 
        the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
            ``(B) ensure that an employee of the Department orally asks 
        each veteran who visits such facility if the veteran wants to 
        receive such information.
    ``(2) Information described in this paragraph is written 
information concerning the following:
            ``(A) Submitting a claim for compensation.
            ``(B) Establishing service connection for a disability.
            ``(C) Contact information (including address, telephone 
        number, and Internet Web site address) of the appropriate 
        offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs that may offer 
        assistance with respect to service-connected disabilities.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of such section is 
amended by striking ``through (d)'' and inserting ``through (e)''.
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