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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2413 

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

Affairs to furnish dental care in the same manner as any other medical 

service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Ms. BROWNLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish dental care in the 

same manner as any other medical service, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dental Care for Vet5 erans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF2 FAIRS FURNISH DENTAL CARE IN THE SAME 

3 MANNER AS ANY OTHER MEDICAL SERVICE. 

4 (a) DENTAL BENEFITS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title 38, United States 

6 Code, is amended— 

7 (A) in section 1701(6), by striking ‘‘as de8 scribed in sections 1710 and 1712 of this title’’; 

9 (B) in section 1710(c), by striking the sec10 ond sentence; 

11 (C) in section 1712— 

12 (i) by striking subsections (a) and (b); 

13 (ii) by redesignating subsections (c), 

14 (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (a), (b), (c), 

15 and (d), respectively; and 

16 (iii) in subsection (a), as redesignated 

17 by subparagraph (B)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘Dental appli19 ances’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 

20 may furnish dentures, dental appli21 ances’’; and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘to be furnished 

23 by the Secretary under this section 

24 may be procured by the Secretary’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘under this section and 

26 may procure such appliances’’; and 


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1 (D) by striking section 2062. 

2 (2) PHASED ELIGIBILITY.—The amendments 

3 made by paragraph (1) shall apply as follows: 

4 (A) In the case of an individual who is eli5 gible for dental services and appliances fur6 nished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

7 under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

8 Code, on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

9 beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

10 Act. 

11 (B) In the case of a veteran who is not so 

12 eligible on the date of the enactment of this Act 

13 and who is described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 

14 subsection (a) of section 1705 of such title, be15 ginning on the date that is one year after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 (C) In the case of a veteran who is not so 

18 eligible on the date of the enactment of this Act 

19 and who is described in paragraph (3) or (4) of 

20 subsection (a) of section 1705 of such title, be21 ginning on the date that is two years after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 (D) In the case of a veteran who is not so 

24 eligible on the date of the enactment of this Act 

25 and who is described in paragraph (5) or (6) of 


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1 subsection (a) of section 1705 of such title, be2 ginning on the date that is three years after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 (E) In the case of a veteran who is not so 

5 eligible on the date of the enactment of this Act 

6 and who is described in paragraph (7) or (8) of 

7 subsection (a) of section 1705 of such title, be8 ginning on the date that is four years after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1525(a) 

11 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘medicines under section 1712(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘medi13 cines under section 1712(b)’’. 

14 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such title is further 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in section 1712, in the heading for such sec17 tion, by striking ‘‘Dental care’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Appliances’’; 

19 (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of 

20 chapter 17, by striking the item relating to section 

21 1712 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘1712. Appliances; drugs and medicines for certain disabled veterans; vaccines.’’; 

22 and 


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1 (3) in the table of sections at the beginning of 

2 chapter 20, by striking the item relating to section 

3 2062. 

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