[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5304 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5304

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend health care coverage 
         under the Transitional Assistance Management Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2016

 Mr. Veasey (for himself, Mr. Gallego, and Ms. Gabbard) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend health care coverage 
         under the Transitional Assistance Management Program.

    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 ``Health Expansion Loss Prevention 
Veterans Act'' or the ``HELP Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF COVERAGE UNDER TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1145 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``180 days'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``one year''; and
            (2) by striking ``180-day'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``one-year''.
    (b) Effect of Employer-Sponsored Health Plan Coverage.--Paragraph 
(7) of such subsection is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph:
    ``(C) During any period during the final 180 days of the one-year 
transition period specified in paragraph (4) that the member is 
employed and eligible for an employer-sponsored health plan by reason 
of such employment, the member may not be eligible for transitional 
health care under this subsection.''.
    (c) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to a member of the Armed Forces who is separated from the 
Armed Forces before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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