[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 374 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 374

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to 
 extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and 
medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to 
                veterans residing in certain locations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2015

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Ayotte) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and 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 
 extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and 
medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to 
                veterans residing in certain locations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NON-DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS CARE TO VETERANS RESIDING IN CERTAIN 
              LOCATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (p)(1) 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 by striking ``care and services'' and 
inserting ``care or services to an eligible veteran described in 
subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of subsection (b)(2)''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (p), in the subsection heading, by 
        inserting ``to Certain Veterans'' after ``Services''; and
            (2) in subsection (q)(2)(F), by striking ``termination''.
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