[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5047 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5047

 To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from altering available 
health care and wait times for appointments for health care for certain 
                   veterans, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2014

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from altering available 
health care and wait times for appointments for health care for certain 
                   veterans, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Continuing Care for Veterans Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ALTERING AVAILABLE HEALTH CARE AND WAIT TIMES 
              FOR APPOINTMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not alter the hospital care, 
medical services, or other health care available to a veteran who is 
enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, or the 
amount of time such veteran is required to wait for an appointment for 
such care or services based solely on the length of time since such 
veteran has last received such care or services from the Department.
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