[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3162 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3162

   To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans 
          Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2010

 Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bennet, 
Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Burris, Mr. Byrd, Ms. 
Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
  Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. 
   Gillibrand, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
    Kaufman, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
  Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. 
 McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
  Nelson of Florida, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
  Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of 
   New Mexico, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans 
          Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARY OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT CONSTITUTES MINIMUM ESSENTIAL 
              COVERAGE.

    (a) In General.--Clause (v) of section 5000A(f)(1)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1501(b) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is amended to read as 
follows:
                            ``(v) chapter 17 or 18 of title 38, United 
                        States Code, or otherwise under the laws 
                        administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
                        Affairs, of an individual entitled to coverage 
                        under such chapter or laws for essential health 
                        benefits (as defined by the Secretary for 
                        purposes of section 1302(b) of the Patient 
                        Protection and Affordable Care Act) insofar as 
                        such benefits are available under such chapter 
                        or laws; or''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in section 1501(b) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act and shall be executed immediately after the 
amendments made by such section 1501(b).
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