A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II.

Bill: 117-s-1040
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-03-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Hospital care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Nursing

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to include veterans of World War II who are not already covered.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1040 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2021 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Cramer , Mr. Booker , Mr. Daines , Mr. Coons , Mr. Rubio , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Tillis , and Ms. Sinema ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II.

1. Expansion of eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II Section 1710(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking of the Mexican border period or of World War I; and inserting “of— (i) the Mexican border period; (ii) World War I; or (iii) World War II; .