Medal of Honor Priority Care Act

Bill: 114-hr-272
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hospital care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Prescription drugs

Veterans' medical care

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Medal of Honor Priority Care Act</strong></p> <p>Increases, from third to first, the priority for enrollment in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system given to medal of honor recipients, regardless of the date on which the medal is awarded.</p> <p>Makes medal of honor recipients eligible for VA: (1) hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care; (2) extended care services for non-service-connected disabilities, without having to make a copayment for such services; and (3) medications, without having to make a copayment for such medications.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 272 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2015 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Guthrie , Mr. Tonko , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Connolly , and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the priority for enrollment of medal of honor recipients in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medal of Honor Priority Care Act . 2. Priority of medal of honor recipients in health care system of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Enrollment priority Section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: and veterans who were awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14. ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking veterans who were awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14, . (b) Eligibility Section 1710(a)(2)(D) of such title is amended by inserting after war the following: , who was awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14, . (c) Extended care services Section 1710B(c)(2) of such title is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking or ; (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) to a veteran who was awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14. . (d) Copayment for medications Section 1722A(a)(3) of such title is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking or ; (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) to a veteran who was awarded the medal of honor under section 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 491 of title 14. . (e) Application The priority of enrollment of medal of honor recipients pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall apply to each such recipient, regardless of the date on which the medal is awarded.