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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6572 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include Federally qualified health 
centers and primary care associations in efforts to assist homeless vet-
erans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2018 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include Federally 
qualified health centers and primary care associations 
in efforts to assist homeless veterans, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeless Veterans 
Community Care Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2002(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Federally qualified health center’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 1861(aa) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)). 
‘‘(4) The term ‘primary care association’ means an 
entity that is awarded a grant or contract under section 
330(l) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b(l)).’’. 
SEC. 3. CHANGES TO PLAN FOR COORDINATION OF OUT-
REACH SERVICES. 
Section 2022 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding Federally qualified health centers and 
primary care associations,’’ after ‘‘non-Depart-
ment entities’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘primary care,’’ after 
‘‘referral sources for’’; and 
(ii) by inserting a comma after ‘‘men-
tal health’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, including 
Federally qualified health centers and primary care 
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associations,’’ after ‘‘entities outside the Depart-
ment’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 
community resources, including Federally quali-
fied health centers and primary care associa-
tions,’’ after ‘‘about benefits’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Feder-
ally qualified health centers, primary care asso-
ciations,’’ after ‘‘the Department of Defense,’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2002’’ and 
inserting ‘‘90 days after the date of the en-
actment of the Homeless Veterans Com-
prehensive Assistance Act of 2018’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘an initial report’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a report’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘120 days after the date of 
the enactment of the Homeless Veterans 
Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2018’’; 
and 
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SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE GRANTS FOR NONPROFIT COMMU-
NITY-BASED GROUPS. 
Section 2064(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2007 through 2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019 through 2022’’. 
SEC. 7. ADDITIONS TO ANNUAL REPORT. 
Section 2065(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (9); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) Information about the number of veterans 
referred to Federally qualified health centers. 
‘‘(8) Information about the methods used to 
communicate to veterans the availability of care at 
Federally qualified health centers and an evaluation 
of the effectiveness of such methods.’’. 
SEC. 8. ADDITION TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND EXTEN-
SION. 
Section 2066 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, 
including Federally qualified health centers and 
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primary care associations’’ after ‘‘homeless indi-
viduals’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 
subparagraph (K); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
following: 
‘‘(J) Advocates for women veterans.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 
SEC. 9. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR VETERANS AF-
FAIRS SUPPORTED HOUSING PROGRAM. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 8(o)(19) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) is 
amended by striking clauses (i) through (v) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2019, the amount 
necessary to provide 2,500 vouchers for 
rental assistance under this subsection; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2020, the amount 
necessary to provide 2,500 vouchers for 
rental assistance under this subsection.’’. 
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