[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7657

    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revise a certain 
 directive of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revise a certain 
 directive of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Healthcare Freedom for VHA Volunteer 
Drivers Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. REVISION TO CERTAIN DIRECTIVE OF VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
              OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall revise VHA 
Directive 1193.01(1) titled ``Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination 
Program for Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel'' and 
published on January 27, 2022 (as amended on December 1, 2022) to 
ensure that a covered individual may, subject to such conditions as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, volunteer to transport a veteran to a 
medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes 
of receiving health care.
    (b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered individual'' means an individual who has not received a 
vaccination against COVID-19.
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