[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2540]
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SA 366. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1083. OUTREACH TO VETERANS ABOUT AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH
CARE SERVICES.
(a) Transitional Services Upon Separation From Armed
Forces.--Section 1144(f)(1)(B)(i) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting ``, including how to enroll in
the system of annual patient enrollment established and
operated under section 1705 of title 38, the ability to seek
care and services under sections 1703 and 1710 of such
title'' before the semicolon.
(b) Solid Start Program.--Section 6320(a)(2)(A) of title
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, including
how to enroll in the system of annual patient enrollment
established and operated under section 1705 of this title and
the ability to seek care and services under sections 1703 and
1710 of this title'' before the semicolon.
(c) Comptroller General Report on Outreach Regarding
Eligibility for Community Care.--Not later than two years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States, in consultation with the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense,
shall submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the
Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that veterans are
informed of the conditions for eligibility for care and
services under section 1703 of title 38, United States Code.
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