A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to veterans residing in certain locations.

Bill: 114-s-374
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-02-04
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access

Hospital care

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend indefinitely the requirement that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnish hospital care and medical services through non-VA facilities to veterans who reside: (1) in a state without a VA medical facility that provides hospital care, emergency medical services, and surgical care; and (2) more than 20 miles from such a facility.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 374 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 4, 2015 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Ayotte ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to veterans residing in certain locations.

1. Extension of requirement to provide non-Department of Veterans Affairs care to veterans residing in certain locations (a) In general Subsection (p)(1) 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 by striking care and services and inserting care or services to an eligible veteran described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of subsection (b)(2) . (b) Conforming amendments Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (p), in the subsection heading, by inserting to certain veterans after services ; and (2) in subsection (q)(2)(F), by striking termination .