[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 115 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 115

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor for 
 purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 12, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor for 
 purposes of conducting a transplant procedure for a veteran, 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 Transplant Coverage Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE FOR OPERATIONS ON LIVE DONORS FOR 
              PURPOSES OF CONDUCTING TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES FOR 
              VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and related 
              services
    ``(a) In General.--In a case in which a veteran is eligible for a 
transplant procedure from the Department, the Secretary may provide for 
an operation on a live donor to carry out such procedure for such 
veteran notwithstanding that the live donor may not be eligible for 
health care from the Department.
    ``(b) Other Services.--The Secretary shall furnish to a live donor 
any care or services before and after conducting the transplant 
procedure under subsection (a) that may be required in connection with 
such procedure.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1787 the following new item:

``1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and related services.''.
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