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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
            (1) Alternative to foreclosure.--The term ``alternative to 
        foreclosure''--
                    (A) means a course of action with respect to a 
                mortgage offered by a servicer to a borrower as an 
                alternative to a covered foreclosure action; and
                    (B) includes a short sale and a deed in lieu of 
                foreclosure.
            (2) Borrower.--The term ``borrower'' means a mortgagor 
        under a mortgage who is in default or at risk of imminent 
        default, as determined by the Secretary through regulations.
            (3) Foreclosure action.--The term ``foreclosure action'' 
        means a judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure.
            (4) Loan modification program.--The term ``loan 
        modification program'' means a program or procedure designed to 
        change the terms of a mortgage in the case of the default, 
        delinquency, or imminent default or delinquency of a mortgagor, 
        including a loan modification program established by a servicer 
        that reduces the principal owed by the mortgagor on the 
        mortgage.
            (5) Mortgage.--The term ``mortgage'' means a federally 
        related mortgage loan, as defined in section 3(1) of the Real 
        Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2602(1)), 
        that is secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential 
        real property.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (7) Servicer.--The term ``servicer''--
                    (A) has the same meaning as in section 6(i) of the 
                Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 
                U.S.C. 2605(i)); and
                    (B) includes a person responsible for servicing a 
                pool of mortgages.

SEC. 3. MEDIATION REQUIRED BEFORE FORECLOSURE.

    (a) Initiation of Foreclosure Actions.--A servicer may not initiate 
a foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has--
            (1) made a reasonable effort to initiate mediation 
        proceedings in accordance with the process established in 
        regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (c) to determine 
        whether the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an 
        alternative to foreclosure; and
            (2) offered the borrower a loan modification or an 
        alternative to foreclosure, if the borrower is eligible for the 
        loan modification or alternative to foreclosure.
    (b) Suspension of Foreclosure Actions.--
            (1) In general.--A servicer shall suspend a foreclosure 
        action that was initiated before the date of enactment of this 
        Act until the servicer--
                    (A) completes a mediation proceeding in accordance 
                with the process established in regulations prescribed 
                pursuant to subsection (c) to determine whether the 
                borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an 
                alternative to foreclosure; and
                    (B) offers the borrower a loan modification or an 
                alternative to foreclosure, if the borrower is eligible 
                for a loan modification or an alternative to 
                foreclosure.
            (2) Suspension.--During the period of the suspension under 
        paragraph (1), a servicer may not--
                    (A) send a notice of foreclosure to a borrower;
                    (B) conduct or schedule a sale of the real property 
                securing the mortgage of the borrower; or
                    (C) cause final judgment to be entered against the 
                borrower.
            (3) Reasonable efforts.--A servicer is not required to 
        suspend a foreclosure action under paragraph (1) if the 
        servicer--
                    (A) makes a reasonable effort to schedule a 
                mediation proceeding to determine whether the borrower 
                is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative 
                to foreclosure; and
                    (B) documents that the borrower has not agreed to a 
                mediation proceeding to determine whether the borrower 
                is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative 
                to foreclosure.
            (4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
        construed to require a servicer to delay an unavoidable 
        foreclosure, such as foreclosure that results from a borrower 
        abandoning the residential real property securing a mortgage.
    (c) Establishment of Mediation Process.--The Secretary shall 
establish through regulations a mediation process to determine whether 
the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative to 
foreclosure under this section.

SEC. 4. BAR TO FORECLOSURE ACTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), a violation of this Act 
shall be a bar to a foreclosure action.
    (b) Effect of Subsequent Compliance.--If a servicer is in 
compliance with this Act, the servicer may bring or proceed with a 
foreclosure action, without regard to a prior violation of this Act by 
the servicer.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this Act.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

    Each servicer that initiates mediation proceedings under section 3 
shall submit to the Secretary a quarterly report at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information, with respect to such 
proceedings, as the Secretary may require.

Output: Mandatory Foreclosure Mediation Act - Prohibits a servicer from initiating a foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has: (1) made a reasonable effort to initiate mediation proceedings to determine if the borrower is eligible for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure; and (2) offered the borrower, if eligible, such a modification or alternative.

Requires a servicer to suspend a foreclosure action initiated before the enactment of this Act until the servicer: (1) completes such a mediation proceeding; and (2) offers the borrower, if eligible, a modification or alternative.

Prohibits a servicer, during the suspension period, from: (1) sending the borrower a notice of foreclosure, (2) conducting or scheduling a sale of the real property securing the mortgage, or (3) causing final judgment to be entered against the borrower.

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish such a mediation process.

Declares that a servicer is not required to suspend a foreclosure action if the servicer makes a reasonable effort to schedule a mediation proceeding and documents that the borrower has not agreed to one.

Makes a violation of this Act a bar to a foreclosure action. Allows a servicer in compliance with this Act, however, to bring or proceed with a foreclosure action, regardless of any prior violation.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unemployment Compensation Amendments 
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
    (a) General Rule.--Sections 102(f)(1) and 106(a)(2) of the Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) 
are each amended by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and inserting 
``February 5, 1994''.
    (b) Weeks of Benefits Available During Extension.--
        (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 102(b)(2) of such Act is 
    amended--
            (A) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii),
            (B) by inserting after clause (v) the following new clause:
                ``(vi) Reduction of weeks after october 2, 1993.--In the 
            case of weeks beginning after October 2, 1993--

                    ``(I) clause (i) of this subparagraph shall be 
                applied by substituting `13' for `33' and by 
                substituting `7' for `26',
                    ``(II) clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of this 
                subparagraph shall not apply, and
                    ``(III) subparagraph A of paragraph (1) shall be 
                applied by substituting `50 percent' for `130 
                percent'.'', and

            (C) by striking ``or (iv)'' in clause (vii) (as redesignated 
        by subparagraph (A)) and inserting ``(iv), or (vi)''.
        (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 102(b)(2) of such Act is amended 
    by striking ``and (iv)'' and inserting ``(iv) and (vi)''.
    (c) Modification of Final Phase-Out.--Paragraph (2) of section 
102(f) of such Act is amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and inserting ``February 5, 
    1994'', and
        (2) by striking ``January 15, 1994'' and inserting ``April 30, 
    1994''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 101(e) of such Act is amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 2, 1993'' each place it appears in 
    paragraph (1) and inserting ``February 5, 1994'', and
        (2) by striking ``(and is not triggered off under paragraph 
    (1))'' in paragraph (2) and inserting ``after February 5, 1994,''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to weeks of unemployment beginning after October 2, 1993.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
    (a) Repeal of Disregard of Rights to Regular Compensation.--
Subsection (f) of section 101 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act; except that such repeal shall not apply in determining 
eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation from an account 
established before October 2, 1993.

SEC. 4. WORKER PROFILING.

    (a) In General.--
        (1) Establishment of profiling system.--Section 303 of the 
    Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
    following new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) The State agency charged with the administration of the 
State law shall establish and utilize a system of profiling all new 
claimants for regular compensation that--
        ``(A) identifies which claimants will be likely to exhaust 
    regular compensation and will need job search assistance services to 
    make a successful transition to new employment;
        ``(B) refers claimants identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
    to reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, 
    available under any State or Federal law;
        ``(C) collects follow-up information relating to the services 
    received by such claimants and the employment outcomes for such 
    claimants subsequent to receiving such services and utilizes such 
    information in making identifications pursuant to subparagraph (A); 
    and
        ``(D) meets such other requirements as the Secretary of Labor 
    determines are appropriate.
    ``(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable notice and 
opportunity for hearing to the State agency charged with the 
administration of the State law, finds that there is a failure to comply 
substantially with the requirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Labor shall notify such State agency that further payments will not be 
made to the State until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such 
failure. Until the Secretary of Labor is so satisfied, he shall make no 
further certification to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to 
such State.''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 304(a)(2) of the Social 
    Security Act is amended by striking ``or (i)'' and inserting ``(i), 
    or (j)''.
    (b) Participation Requirement.--Section 303(a) of the Social 
Security Act is amended--
        (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and 
    inserting ``; and'', and
        (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
        ``(10) A requirement that, as a condition of eligibility for 
    regular compensation for any week, any claimant who has been 
    referred to reemployment services pursuant to the profiling system 
    under subsection (j)(1)(B) participate in such services or in 
    similar services unless the State agency charged with the 
    administration of the State law determines--
            ``(A) such claimant has completed such services; or
            ``(B) there is justifiable cause for such claimant's failure 
        to participate in such services.''.
    (c) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary of Labor shall provide 
technical assistance and advice to assist the States in implementing the 
profiling system required under the amendments made by subsection (a). 
Such assistance shall include the development and identification of 
model profiling systems.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than the date 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall report to 
the Congress on the operation and effectiveness of the profiling system 
required under the amendments made by subsection (a) and the 
participation requirement provided by the amendments made under 
subsection (b). Such report shall include such recommendations as the 
Secretary of Labor determines are appropriate.
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 4 of the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation Amendments of 1993 (Public Law 103-6) is hereby repealed.
    (f) Effective Dates.--
        (1) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take 
    effect on the date one year after the date of the enactment of this 
    Act.
        (2) The provisions of subsections (c), (d), and (e) shall take 
    effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND.
    Paragraph (1) of section 905(b) of the Social Security Act is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer (as of the close of each month) from the 
employment security administration account to the extended unemployment 
compensation account established by subsection (a), an amount 
(determined by such Secretary) equal to 20 percent of the amount by 
which--
        ``(A) the transfers to the employment security administration 
    account pursuant to section 901(b)(2) during such month, exceed
        ``(B) the payments during such month from the employment 
    security administration account pursuant to section 901 (b)(3) and 
    (d).
If for any such month the payments referred to in subparagraph (B) 
exceed the transfers referred to in subparagraph (A), proper adjustments 
shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred.''

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF REPORTING DATE FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    Section 908(f) of the Social Security Act is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2d year'' and inserting 
    ``third year''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``February 1, 1994'' and 
    inserting ``February 1, 1995''.
SEC. 7. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD FOR ALIENS UNDER THE 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM.
    (a) Increase in Sponsorship Period.--
        (1) In general.--Section 1621 of the Social Security Act (42 
    U.S.C. 1382j) is amended by striking ``three years'' each place such 
    term appears and inserting ``5 years''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
    take effect on January 1, 1994.
    (b) Reinstatement of Prior Law.--
        (1) In general.--Section 1621 of the Social Security Act (42 
    U.S.C. 1382j), as amended by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is 
    amended by striking ``5 years'' each place such term appears and 
    inserting ``3 years''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
    take effect on October 1, 1996.

SEC. 8. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.

    (a) Extension of Program.--
        (1) In general.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b) of the 
    Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, 
    as amended) are each amended by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and 
    inserting ``January 1, 1994''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 501(a) of such Act is amended 
    by striking ``October 1993'' and inserting ``January 1994''.
    (b) Length of Benefits During Period of Extension.--Section 
501(d)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended by striking ``on and after the 
date on which a reduction in benefits is imposed under section 
102(b)(2)(A)(iv)'' and inserting ``after October 2, 1993''.
    (c) Termination of Benefits.--Section 501(e) of such Act is 
amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and inserting ``January 1, 
    1994'', and
        (2) by striking ``January 15, 1994'' and inserting ``March 26, 
    1994''.

SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) Repeal of Disregard of Rights to Regular Compensation.--
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(b) of this Act, the repeal 
made by section 3(a) of this Act shall apply to weeks of unemployment 
beginning after October 2, 1993, except that such repeal shall not apply 
in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation from 
an account established before October 3, 1993.
    (b) Railroad Workers.--
        (1) In general.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b) of the 
    Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, 
    as amended), as amended by section 8(a)(1) of this Act, are each 
    amended by striking ``January 1, 1994'' and inserting ``February 5, 
    1994''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 501(a) of such Emergency 
    Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, as amended by section 8(a)(2) 
    of this Act, is amended by striking ``January 1994'' and inserting 
    ``February 1994''.
        (3) Termination of benefits.--Section 501(e) of such Emergency 
    Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, as amended by section 8(c) of 
    this Act, is amended--
            (A) by striking ``January 1, 1994'' and inserting ``February 
        5, 1994'', and
            (B) by striking ``March 26, 1994'' and inserting ``April 30, 
        1994''.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.

Output: Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to extend to February 5, 1994, the authorization for new claims for benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program.  Reduces the number of benefit weeks available during such extended period after October 2, 1993, to seven or 13, as applicable.  Modifies the final phase-out period for continuation of claims. Repeals provisions which allow certain claimants who have exhausted benefits to choose EUC benefits in lieu of regular State benefits at the beginning of a new benefit year. Amends the Social Security Act to require the State agency administering the State unemployment law to establish and use a system of worker profiling of all new claimants for regular compensation to:  (1) identify which claimants will be likely to exhaust regular compensation and will need job search assistance services; (2) refer identified claimants to reemployment services available under State or Federal law; and (3) collect follow-up information on such services and employment outcomes.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress on such profiling system. Makes a technical amendment to Unemployment Trust Fund provisions. Extends a reporting date for an advisory council on unemployment compensation. Provides for a temporary increase in the sponsorship period for aliens under the supplemental security income program. Provides for an extension of the program of emergency unemployment compensation benefits for railroad workers.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Medication Access for 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE VETERANS FOR OUT-PATIENT 
              MEDICATION BENEFIT.

    (a) Restatement of Current Law on Drugs and Medications and 
Provision of Out-Patient Medication Benefit.--Chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1710B the 
following new section:
``Sec. 1710C. Drugs and medications; vaccines
    ``(a)(1) The Secretary shall furnish to each veteran who is 
receiving additional compensation or allowance under chapter 11 of this 
title, or increased pension as a veteran of a period of war, by reason 
of being permanently housebound or in need of regular aid and 
attendance, such drugs and medicines (subject to subsection (d)) as may 
be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician as specific 
therapy in the treatment of any illness or injury suffered by such 
veteran.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall continue to furnish such drugs and 
medicines ordered under paragraph (1) to any such veteran in need of 
regular aid and attendance whose pension payments have been 
discontinued solely because such veteran's annual income is greater 
than the applicable maximum annual income limitation, but only so long 
as such veteran's annual income does not exceed such maximum annual 
income limitation by more than $1,000.
    ``(b)(1) Any medicare-eligible veteran may elect to be furnished by 
the Secretary, on an out-patient basis, such drugs and medicines 
(subject to subsection (d)) as may be ordered on prescription of a duly 
licensed physician as specific therapy in the treatment of any illness 
or injury suffered by such veteran.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `medicare-eligible veteran' 
means any veteran who--
            ``(A) is entitled to or enrolled in hospital insurance 
        benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); or
            ``(B) is enrolled in the supplementary medical insurance 
        program under part B of such title (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.).
    ``(3) The Secretary shall furnish to any veteran who makes an 
election under paragraph (1), on an out-patient basis, such drugs and 
medicines as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed 
physician as specific therapy in the treatment of any illness or injury 
suffered by such veteran.
    ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as 
provided in subparagraph (B), a veteran who makes an election under 
paragraph (1) shall not be eligible for care and services under this 
chapter during the year covered by the election.
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to any veteran 
who has a compensable service-connected disability.
    ``(5) The furnishing of drugs and medicines under this subsection 
shall be subject to the provisions of section 1722A(b) of this title.
    ``(6)(A) An election under paragraph (1) shall be for a calendar 
year, and shall be irrevocable for the year covered by such election. 
An election may be renewed.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall prescribe the form, manner, and timing of 
an election.
    ``(7) Before permitting a veteran to make an election under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide the veteran such educational 
materials and other information on the furnishing and receipt of drugs 
and medicines under this subsection as the Secretary considers 
appropriate to inform the veteran of the benefits and costs of being 
furnished drugs and medicines under this subsection, including 
materials and information on the consequences of making an election 
under paragraph (1) and on the fees, copayments, or other amounts 
required under section 1722A(b) of this title for drugs and medicines 
furnished under this subsection.
    ``(c)(1) In order to assist the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services in carrying out national immunization programs under other 
provisions of law, the Secretary may authorize the administration of 
immunizations to eligible veterans who voluntarily request such 
immunizations in connection with the provision of care for a disability 
under this chapter in any Department health care facility.
    ``(2) Any immunization under paragraph (1) shall be made using 
vaccine furnished by the Secretary of Health and Human Services at no 
cost to the Department. For such purpose, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
provide such vaccine to the Department at no cost.
    ``(3) Section 7316 of this title shall apply to claims alleging 
negligence or malpractice on the part of Department personnel granted 
immunity under such section.
    ``(d) Drugs and medicines may be furnished under subsections (a) 
and (b) only if included on the National Prescription Drug Formulary of 
the Department, except that the Secretary may authorize the furnishing 
of a drug or medicine not included on that formulary under such 
circumstances as the Secretary determines warranted.''.
    (b) Copayment Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1722A of such title is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``(other 
                than a veteran covered by subsection (b))'' after 
                ``require a veteran'';
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d), 
                as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
                new subsection (b):
    ``(b)(1) In the case of a veteran who is furnished medications on 
an out-patient basis under section 1710C(b) of this title, the 
Secretary shall require the veteran to pay, at the election of the 
Secretary, one or more of the following:
            ``(A) An annual enrollment fee in an amount determined 
        appropriate by the Secretary.
            ``(B) A copayment for each 30-day supply of such 
        medications in an amount determined appropriate by the 
        Secretary.
            ``(C) An amount equal to the cost to the Secretary of such 
        medications, as determined by the Secretary.
    ``(2)(A) In determining the amounts to be paid by a veteran under 
paragraph (1), and the basis of payment under one or more subparagraphs 
of that paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure that the total amount 
paid by veterans for medications under that paragraph in a year is not 
less than the costs of the Department in furnishing medications to 
veterans under section 1710C(b) of this title during that year, 
including the cost of purchasing and furnishing medications, and other 
costs of administering that section.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall take appropriate actions to ensure, to 
the maximum extent practicable, that amounts paid by veterans under 
paragraph (1) in a year are equal to the costs of the Department 
referred to in subparagraph (A) in that year.
    ``(3) In determining amounts under paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
take into account the following:
            ``(A) Whether or not the medications furnished are generic 
        medications or brand name medications.
            ``(B) Whether or not the medications are furnished by mail.
            ``(C) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    ``(4) The Secretary may from time to time adjust any amount 
determined by the Secretary under paragraph (1), as previously adjusted 
under this paragraph, in order to meet the purpose specified in 
paragraph (2).''.
            (2) Cross reference amendments.--Subsection (d) of such 
        section, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (a)'' and inserting 
                ``subsections (a) and (b)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (b)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (c)''.
            (3) Deposit of collections in medical care collections 
        fund.--Paragraph (4) of section 1729A(b) of such title is 
        amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Subsection (a) or (b) of section 1722A of this 
        title.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Enrollment ineligibility.--Section 1707 of such title 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veteran who 
makes an election authorized by section 1710C(b) of this title (other 
than a veteran covered by paragraph (4)(B) of that section) shall not, 
for the period of such election, be eligible for care and services 
under this chapter, except as provided in that section.''.
            (2) Repeal of restated provisions.--Section 1712 of such 
        title is amended by striking subsections (d) and (e).
    (d) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--The heading for section 1712 of such 
        title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 1712. Dental care''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended--
            (A) by inserting after the item relating to section 1710B 
        the following new item:

``1710C. Drugs and medications; vaccines.'';
        and
            (B) by striking the item relating to section 1712 and 
        inserting the following new item:

``1712. Dental care.''.


Output: Improving Medication Access for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish certain prescribed drugs and medicines (i.e., only drugs and medicines included on the National Prescription Drug Formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs) as specific therapy in the treatment of any illness or injury suffered by each veteran who is receiving additional compensation or allowance due to a service-connected disability, or an increased pension as a veteran of a period of war, by reason of being permanently housebound or in need of regular aid and attendance.

Allows any Medicare-eligible veteran to elect to be furnished by the Secretary, on an outpatient basis, such drugs and medicines as specific therapy for any illness or injury suffered by the veteran. Requires such election to last for a calendar year and be irrevocable. Allows for election renewal. Requires appropriate information to be furnished to each veteran prior to making an election.

Authorizes the Secretary to administer immunizations to veterans who voluntarily request such immunizations in connection with care for a disability in a Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility.

Provides for appropriate copayments for the drugs and medicines received by veterans under this Act.