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Union Calendar No. 191 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 95 

[Report No. 115–266] 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to provide child care assistance to veterans receiving certain 

medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2017 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California (for herself, Mr. WALZ, Ms. KUSTER of New 

Hampshire, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. TAKANO, and Mr. HIGGINS of 

New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

JULY 28, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. VELA, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. KIND

JULY 28, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 3, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child care assistance 

to veterans receiving certain medical services provided 

by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 


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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 ‘‘Veterans’ Access to Child 

5 Care Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS RECEIV7 ING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND OTHER IN8 TENSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED 

9 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 17 of 

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

12 end the following new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 1730B. Child care assistance for veterans receiving 

14 mental health care and other intensive 

15 health care services 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide child 

17 care assistance to an eligible veteran for any period that 

18 the veteran— 

19 ‘‘(1) receives covered health care services at a fa20 cility of the Department; and 

21 ‘‘(2) is required travel to and return from such 

22 facility for the receipt of such health care services. 

23 ‘‘(b) CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.—(1) Child care assist24 ance provided under this section may include any of the 

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) A stipend for the payment of child care of2 fered by a licensed child care center (either directly 

3 or through a voucher program) which shall be, to the 

4 extent practicable, modeled after the Department of 

5 Veterans Affairs Child Care Subsidy Program estab6 lished pursuant to section 590 of title 40. 

7 ‘‘(B) Direct provision of child care at an on-site 

8 facility of the Department. 

9 ‘‘(C) A payment made directly to a private child 

10 care agency. 

11 ‘‘(D) A collaboration with a facility or program 

12 of another Federal department or agency. 

13 ‘‘(E) Such other form of assistance as the Sec14 retary considers appropriate. 

15 ‘‘(2) In the case that child care assistance under this 

16 section is provided as a stipend under paragraph (1)(A), 

17 such stipend shall cover the full cost of such child care. 

18 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible veteran’ means a veteran 

20 who— 

21 ‘‘(A) is the primary caretaker of a child or 

22 children; and 

23 ‘‘(B) is— 

24 ‘‘(i) receiving covered health care serv25 ices from the Department; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) in need of covered health care 

2 services, and but for lack of child care serv3 ices, would receive such covered health care 

4 services from the Department. 

5 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered health care services’ 

6 means— 

7 ‘‘(A) regular mental health care services; 

8 ‘‘(B) intensive mental health care services; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(C) such other intensive health care serv11 ices that the Secretary determines that provision 

12 of assistance to the veteran to obtain child care 

13 would improve access to such health care services 

14 by the veteran.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

16 the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 

17 the item relating to section 1730A the following new item: 

‘‘1730B. Child care assistance for veterans receiving mental health care and other 

intensive health care services.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF PEN2 SION FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VET3 ERANS AFFAIRS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS 

4 COVERED BY MEDICAID PLANS FOR SERVICES 

5 FURNISHED BY NURSING FACILITIES. 

6 Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 

9 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR COLLECTION OF 

10 FEES FOR HOUSING LOANS GUARANTEED BY 

11 SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

12 Section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

15 (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘September 

16 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 

17 and 

18 (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘September 

19 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 

20 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

21 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘September 

22 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 

23 and 

24 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘September 

25 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 

26 (3) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘September 

2 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘September 

5 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 

6 and 

7 (4) in subparagraph (D)— 

8 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘September 

9 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘September 

12 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 191 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 95 

[Report No. 115–266] 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct 

erans Affairs. ical services provided by the Department of Vetcare assistance to veterans receiving certain medthe Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide child 

JULY 28, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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