To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand burial benefits for veterans who die while receiving hospital care or medical services under the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-5416
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2016-06-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay the actual burial and funeral costs (up to a specified limit) for veterans who die in an institution where they were receiving hospital care or medical services under the Veterans Choice Program.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5416 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2016 Mr. Lamborn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand burial benefits for veterans who die while receiving hospital care or medical services under the Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Expansion of burial benefit Section 2303(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking or ; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) hospital care or medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note). .