[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2493 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2493

  To expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under 
 section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
    2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2016

  Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under 
 section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
    2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, 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. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE CHOICE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE 
              VETERANS AGE 75 OR OLDER.

    Section 101(b)(2) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``; or'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)(dd), by striking the period 
        at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) is age 75 or older.''.
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