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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1133 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2017 

Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. POE of 

Texas, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. FLORES, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 

FARENTHOLD, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 

VALADAO, Mr. YOHO, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. COLE, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HURD, Mr. 

AMODEI, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 

OLSON, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, 

Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. 

COOK, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 

ADERHOLT, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. MARINO, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs. BLACK, 

Mr. CALVERT, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. LONG, 

and Mr. MACARTHUR) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Transplant 

3 Coverage Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE FOR OPERATIONS ON 

5 LIVE DONORS FOR PURPOSES OF CON6 DUCTING TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES FOR 

7 VETERANS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of 

9 title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and 

12 related services 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which a veteran is 

14 eligible for a transplant procedure from the Department, 

15 the Secretary may provide for an operation on a live donor 

16 to carry out such procedure for such veteran, notwith17 standing that the live donor may not be eligible for health 

18 care from the Department. 

19 ‘‘(b) OTHER SERVICES.—The Secretary shall furnish 

20 to a live donor any care or services before and after con21 ducting the transplant procedure under subsection (a) 

22 that may be required in connection with such procedure. 

23 ‘‘(c) USE OF DEPARTMENT OR NON-DEPARTMENT

24 FACILITIES.—The Secretary may provide for the oper25 ation described in subsection (a) on a live donor and fur26 nish to the live donor the care and services described in 


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1 subsection (b) at a facility of the Department or at a non2 Department facility pursuant to an agreement entered 

3 into by the Secretary under section 1703 or 8153 of this 

4 title, section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac5 countability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 

6 1701 note), or any other authority of the Secretary to fur7 nish care at non-Department facilities. The live donor 

8 shall be deemed to be an individual eligible for hospital 

9 care and medical services at a non-Department facility 

10 pursuant to such an agreement solely for the purposes of 

11 receiving such operation, care, and services at the non12 Department facility.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended 

15 by inserting after the item relating to section 1787 the 

16 following new item: 

‘‘1788. Transplant procedures with live donors and related services.’’. 

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