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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5431 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program 

to award grants to health care entities to lease, purchase, or build 

health care facilities for female patients to provide hospital care and 

medical services to qualified female veterans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 9, 2016 

Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 

pilot program to award grants to health care entities 

to lease, purchase, or build health care facilities for female patients to provide hospital care and medical services to qualified female veterans. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Care for 

5 Female Veterans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE HOSPITAL CARE AND 

2 MEDICAL SERVICES TO QUALIFIED FEMALE 

3 VETERANS. 

4 (a) PILOT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary 

5 of Veterans Affairs shall establish a pilot program to 

6 award grants to health care entities to lease, purchase, 

7 or build health care facilities for female patients to provide 

8 hospital care and medical services to qualified female vet9 erans. 

10 (b) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot pro11 gram shall terminate three years after the date of the en12 actment of this Act. 

13 (c) APPLICATION.—To be selected to receive a grant 

14 under the pilot program, a health care entity shall submit 

15 to the Secretary an application at such time, in such man16 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 

17 require. 

18 (d) NATURE OF FACILITIES LEASED, PURCHASED, 

19 OR BUILT THROUGH USE OF PILOT PROGRAM GRANT

20 FUNDS.—For purposes of providing hospital care and 

21 medical services to qualified female veterans, a health care 

22 facility leased, purchased, or built under the pilot program 

23 shall be deemed to be— 

24 (1) an entity specified in section 101(a)(1)(B) 

25 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability 

26 Act of 2014 (38 U.S.C. 1701 note); or 


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1 (2) if the authority to carry out the program es2 tablished under section 101 of such Act is termi3 nated, an entity otherwise authorized to provide hos4 pital care and medical services pursuant to an agree5 ment entered into by the Secretary. 

6 (e) REPORT.—Not later than three years after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet8 erans Affairs shall submit a report to Congress that in9 cludes the following: 

10 (1) The number of grants awarded under the 

11 pilot program. 

12 (2) The amount of each grant awarded under 

13 the pilot program. 

14 (3) A list of the health care entities awarded 

15 grants under the pilot program. 

16 (4) An assessment of the pilot program. 

17 (5) A recommendation as to whether the dura18 tion of the pilot program should be extended. 

19 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) HOSPITAL CARE.—The term ‘‘hospital care’’ 

21 has the meaning given such term in section 1701 of 

22 title 38, United States Code. 

23 (2) MEDICAL SERVICES.—The term ‘‘medical 

24 services’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

25 1701 of title 38, United States Code. 


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1 (3) QUALIFIED FEMALE VETERAN.—The term 

2 ‘‘qualified female veteran’’ means a female veteran 

3 enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the De4 partment of Veterans Affairs established and oper5 ated under section 1705 of title 38, United States 

6 Code. 

7 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans 

9 Affairs $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 to carry out the 

10 pilot program. 

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