[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1603 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1603

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to 
 improve the private treatment of veterans who are victims of military 
                            sexual assault.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2015

    Mr. Barr (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
 Coffman, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Lance, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, 
  Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Curbelo of Florida) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to 
 improve the private treatment of veterans who are victims of military 
                            sexual assault.

    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 ``Military Sexual Assault Victims 
Empowerment Act'' or the ``Military SAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF TREATMENT FOR MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT AT NON-
              DEPARTMENT FACILITIES.

    Subsection (b) of section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``except as provided 
        by paragraph (2)(E),'' before ``as of''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``or'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by striking the 
                period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(E) is a victim of a military sexual trauma 
                described in section 1720D(a)(1) of title 38, United 
                States Code, regardless of the date on which the 
                veteran enrolls in the patient enrollment system of the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated 
                under section 1705 of such title.''.
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