[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1863 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1863

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to 
  expand the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise 
     receive medical care from a deficient medical facility of the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2015

 Mr. Boustany 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 
  expand the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who would otherwise 
     receive medical care from a deficient medical facility of the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Local Care for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF CARE UNDER VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM FOR VETERANS 
              RESIDING NEAR DEFICIENT MEDICAL FACILITY OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 101(b)(2) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 (38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A), resides not 
                more than 50 miles from the medical facility of the 
                Department, including a community-based outpatient 
                clinic, that is closest to the residence of the veteran 
                if--
                            ``(i) the Secretary has identified such 
                        medical facility--
                                    ``(I) in a prospectus level lease 
                                request, regardless of the date of such 
                                request, as being deficient with 
                                respect to providing certain treatment 
                                or services; or
                                    ``(II) as needing expansion; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary determines that such a 
                        deficiency has not been resolved or such an 
                        expansion has not occurred, including pursuant 
                        to leases entered into under an Act authorizing 
                        major medical facility leases.''.
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