Title: A bill to expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend hospital and medical services under the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who are age 75 years or older.
The final program report shall include the number of such veterans who are receiving care or services under the program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 24 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 24

  To expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under 
 section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
    2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2017

  Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under 
 section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
    2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM TO 
              INCLUDE VETERANS AGE 75 OR OLDER.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b)(2) of section 101 of the Veterans 
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38 
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ``; or'' and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)(dd), by striking the period 
        at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) is age 75 or older.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Information on availability of care.--Subsection (g)(3) 
        of such section is amended by striking ``or (D)'' and inserting 
        ``(D), or (E)''.
            (2) Report.--Subsection (q)(2)(A) of such section is 
        amended--
                    (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(v) eligible veterans described in 
                        subsection (b)(2)(E).''.
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