[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5095 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5095

To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to 
  improve access of veterans to cancer treatment at non-Department of 
          Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2018

  Mr. Latta 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 
  improve access of veterans to cancer treatment at non-Department of 
          Veterans Affairs facilities, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Cancer Treatment 
Flexibility Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS OF VETERANS TO CANCER TREATMENT AT NON-
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES.

    Subsection (b)(2) 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--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``or'';
            (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)(i) has been diagnosed with cancer; and
                    ``(ii) resides more than 40 miles from any medical 
                facility of the Department, including any community-
                based outpatient clinic, at which the veteran may 
                receive cancer treatment (including chemotherapy).''.
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