[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1032 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1032

  To expand the eligibility of veterans for hospital care and medical 
    services provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
              providers under the Veterans Choice Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2017

  Mr. Byrne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand the eligibility of veterans for hospital care and medical 
    services provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
              providers under the Veterans Choice 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 ``Full Choice for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              MEDICAL CARE UNDER VETERANS' CHOICE PROGRAM.

    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 to read as follows:
    ``(b) Eligible Veterans.--A veteran is an eligible veteran for 
purposes of this section if the veteran is enrolled in the patient 
enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and 
operated under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, including 
any such veteran who has not received hospital care or medical services 
from the Department and has contacted the Department seeking an initial 
appointment from the Department for the receipt of such care or 
services.''.
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