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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a full-service hospital of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire and to provide continued access to care under the Veterans Community Care Program in States that establish such a hospital.
Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a full-service hospital of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire and to provide continued access to care under the Veterans Community Care Program in States that establish such a hospital.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Measuring Availability of Providers (MAP) for Veterans Act”.
SEC. 2. Feasibility study for full-service hospital of Department of Veterans Affairs in certain States.
(a) In general.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a full-service hospital of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Alaska, Hawaii, and New Hampshire.
(b) Publication.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish the results of the study conducted under subsection (a) on a publicly available website of the Department.
SEC. 3. Continued access to care under Veterans Community Care Program in States that establish full-service medical facility of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Section 1703(d)(1)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting “as of the date of the enactment of the Measuring Availability of Providers (MAP) for Veterans Act” before the semicolon at the end.